VOL.  1.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  10,  1883.

NO. 3.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

TALENTED  YOUNG  MEN.

MERCANTILE  CARES.

CANNED  AND  BULK  OYSTERS.

TRADE 

IS  HEALTHY.

DANGEROUS  COUNTERFEIT.

The  Ability  Required  to be a  First-Class  Dry 

Why  Many  Business  Men  Wear  Out  Prema­

A  Dealer Who Alleges  that  the Canned  Goods 

General  Improvement  in  the  Business  Situa­

It is Only  Detected  By  the  Half-Note  in  its 

Goods Clerk.

“Smart ?  Of course they’re smart 1 ” said 
a  prominent  Woodward  avenue  merchant, 
speaking of dry  goods  clerks.  “ It  takes  a 
mighty good man to make a good  clerk, and 
he must be steady,  polite,  of  good  address, 
and possessed of a  thousand  other  qualities 
which would never be called for in any other 
sphere.  Good clerks are  hard  to  get,  and 
once we have them we’re  not  likely  to  let 
them go in a  hurry.  They bring  custom  to 
the store, and make themselves valuable fix­
tures of the business.

“Yes, it requires tact to force sales on cus­
tomers, and this forcing must be done.  Very 
often really good goods do not seem to  meet 
the demands of the public, and then they be­
come a dead loss if not placed in  the  hands 
of a skillful salesman  who  knows  his  cus­
tomer and  can  sell  him  what  he  pleases. 
Unsalable goods are at once reported as such 
by the wary salesman, and speedily  marked 
down.  The salesman is  then  given  a  per­
centage for selling them, and when he  finds 
it impossible to sell other goods,  his  unsal- 
ables are brought out  and  their  merits  en­
larged upon.  Unsalable  goods  are  almost 
invariably of good quality, and the salesman 
perpetrates no fraud in attempting their sale. 
If they cannot  even  then  be sold, they are 
again marked down,  and the  marking-down 
process  is  kept  up  until  the  goods  sell 
themselves by reason of their cheapness.  It 
does’nt pay to keep unsalables in expectation 
of a change of  fashion.  Such  changes  are 
precarious, and even  if  they  do  come,  the 
money invested in  the  goods  can  be  more 
profitably turned over than by keeping goods 
until they rise in value.  Silks and fine  fab­
rics are never unsalable because they are al­
ways in demand.

“It is’nt sales alone that make a dry goods 
clerk valuable.  He must be able to wrap  a 
bundle in presentable  style.  Bundle  wrap­
ping has become  an  art,  and  while  larger 
stores have a bundle  wrapping  department 
it is nevertheless important  that  the  clerk 
should be able to do  the  work. 
It  requires 
very nice judgment to tell the size  of  paper 
and the exact amount of twine  needed.  No 
person wants to carry a bundle  which  is  in­
securely  tied,  and  the  clerk  should  always 
take care that the packages are secure.

“No, there are  not  so  many  clerks  who 
can dress windows as there used to be.  Ex­
perts  find  their  way  to  the  larger  cities, 
where they get  employment  exclusively  at 
their specialty.  But I dare say  that  among 
the rank and file of Detroit dry goods clerks 
there are many who are artists  in  window- 
dressing.  The window-dresser  does a great 
deal toward the sale of  unsalable  goods  by 
exposing them under  favorable  circumstan­
ces, and in proper contrast with other goods. 
To contrast such goods requires  some  little 
art.

“Besides these there  are a score of  essen­
tial requirements for salesmen, and  if  they 
haven’t them we don’t want the men. 
It’s a 
fact that they are a sociable  lot.  All  being 
smart fellows and brilliant talkers, they can 
pass an evening together almost as happy as 
millionaires. 
I know of a club room  where 
a dozen  of  them  congregate  almost  every 
evening, and you’ll find that they’re as fine a 
lot as you ever met.”

“All  very  true,  but  how  about  wages? 
Why  don’t  you  pay  such  talented  young 
men  something  better  than  $9  to  $12  a 
week ?”

“ Well, there you hit upon the great law of 
supply  and  demand.”  said  the  dry  goods 
merchant.—Detroit  News.

The Thimble.

The name of this little instrument  is  said 
to  have  been  derived  from  “thumb-bell,” 
i  being at first  “tlmmble,”  afterward  “thim­
ble.” 
It  is  a  Dutch  invention,  and  was 
brought to England about  the  year  1605  by 
John  Lofting. 
Formerly  iron  and  brass 
were used, but lately  steel,  silver,  and  gold 
have taken their  places. 
In  the  ordinary 
manufacture, thin plates of metal  are intro­
duced into a die and punched into shape.

In Paris  gold  thimbles  are  manufactured 
to a large extent.  Thin sheets of sheet iron 
are cut into dies of about two inches  diame­
ter.  Tlxese, being heated red-hot, are struck 
with a punch into a number of holes,  gradu- 
ually increasing in depth, to give them prop­
er  shape.  The  thimble  is  then  trimmed, 
polished, and indented around its outer  sur­
face with a number of little holes  by  means 
of a small wheel. 
It is then  converted  into 
steel by the cementation  process,  tempered, 
scoured, and brought to  the  color.  A  thin 
sheet of gold is then introduced itfto  the  in­
terior, and fastened to the steel by means of 
a polished steel mandrel.  Gold leaf is then 
applied  to the outside, and attached to it by 
pressure, the edges being fastened to a small 
groove made to receive  them.  The  thimble 
is then ready for use, and finds a ready mar­
ket.

The  Cotton  Mill  Boom.

Within the past  four  years  the consump­
tion of cotton  by  Southern  mills  has more 
than doubled.  '  This is a pointer to the rapid 
development of a state of affairs which must 
inevitably exist in the  cotton  states.  The 
mills will  keep  multiplying.—Arkadelphia 
Ark., Standard.

turely.

Most of those who are  moving  and  man­
aging the vast amount of property comprised 
in the mercantile  and  business  activity  of 
the nation are men in the morning and vigor 
of life.  Youth cannot  do  it.  Age  stoops 
under  the  burden,  and  withdraws.  The 
load is too heavy.  Your business man must 
have great bodily  vigor,  great  strength  of 
constitution, incessant application,  and  un­
tiring labor.  It is a fact that in time of war, 
no men make such soldiers as business men. 
This was thoroughly proven in the late  war 
of the rebellion.  It is not because they have 
so much to  defend—the  retired  timid  rich 
men have  the  property to defend—but  it  is 
because  they  have  the  habits  of  activity 
and  energy  which  make  them  powerful 
anywhere.  Your man of business, with  his 
pale-forehead and anxious look, has  often  a 
wiry frame and  a  body  which  can  evince 
great endurance, else it had long since broken 
down.  The load is so heavy that multitudes 
do  break  down,  fail  in  business,  because 
they first  failed  in  body,  then  in  energy, 
and then  in  judgment.  No  class  of  men 
work harder, as a class; none  strive  harder 
to bear up and carry their burdens manfully 
than these men;  and  often the  intellect  is 
taxed to an extent of which few  dream.

Instead of being surprised that  so  many, 
who undertake business, should break down, 
with the  strength,  and  hope,  and  courage 
gone, it is rather a  matter  of  surprise  that 
there are not more.  We should have  much 
charity for men who fail  honestly  in  busi­
ness, when we consider how long  and  how 
hard they must have struggled and staggered 
under the load, and how  they  came  out  of 
the contest for which they were never fitted, 
with, perhaps, scattered health, with loss of 
self-confidence, with hopes that are  crushed, 
and with the future covered with clouds. And 
probably these cases are far  more  frequent 
than they would be were the business affairs 
kept thoroughly  and  examined  frequently, 
and the soundings  and  offings  of  the  ship 
constantly recorded.  The mistake is a great 
one, for a man to continue in business when 
he is not its master; when he  finds  that  he 
lacks qualifications and adaption to his  bus- 
ness to struggle on, hoping that some bright­
er day  will  come,  without  courage  to  cut 
down  expenses or  to look truth in the face. 
A vessel is swamped and wrecked amid  the 
storms of a great ocean, which  would  have 
safely crept  along  the  shore,  and  coasted 
from harbor to harbor.  Every one can think 
of men who  are  straightforward,  and  who 
mean well, but who would be wrecked were 
they to command a  ship  in a  gale, or grap- 
ble with all the difficulties of  commerce  or 
of  business,  at  the  time  when  decision, 
promptness, and fearless  energy  only,  can 
avail.  The proper medium between timidity 
and weak caution,  and  rash  confidence,  is 
the  medium  which  every  business  man 
needs, and he is most likely to  achieve  suc­
cess who evinces those traits of  character.— 
United States  Economist.

A  New  Fuel.

A Mexican paper  gives  an  account  of  a 
new fuel recently brought ofit in the city  of 
Mexico.  The  article  is  called  “turbato” 
and consists principally of bog peat, of which 
there  are .immense  quantities  in  Mexico, 
mixed with a proper proportion of  bitumen. 
The fuel is made for locomotives, stationary 
engines, smelting purposes, smiths’ fires and 
household purposes. 
It is said to burn free­
ly and without much smoke, giving a higher 
dynamic equivalent of heat  than  the  same 
amount of wood. 
It  can  be  manufactured 
and sold in Mexico at  a  price  considerably 
below  coal  or  wood,  and,  looking  at  the 
daily increasing demand ofr  fuel,  the  aug­
mentation in the price of wood and its gi-ow- 
ing scarcity, a large  and  successful  market 
is considered in store for “turbato.”

What  Constitutes  a  Ton.

There is a confusion  of  tons,  both in sta­
tistics  and  in  ordinary  use,  owing  to  the 
Sometióles  it 
significance  of  the  term. 
means 2,250 pounds,  the  figure  fixed in the 
Federal statute; sometimes  2,000, the figure 
used in  the  ordinary  trade  and  fixed  by 
some of  the state  legislatures.  A Philadel­
phian, writing to one  of  the  papers in that 
city, remarks  that  this  confusion  vitiates 
many statistics,  though  ihe  Federal  law is 
observed by  all  those  gathered  by the Bur­
eau  at  Washington,  and  suggests  that the 
use of the term “net ton”  bo used whenever 
the ton of  2,000  pounds  is  meant.  This 
would be an easy way of avoiding misunder­
standing with all except coal  dealers.  But 
what sort of phrase must be used to describe 
the kind of ton they furnish ?

Florida  Negroes.

The  Florida  negroes  are  said to  be the 
most prosperous in the South. 
In one coun­
ty they own 10,000 acres  of  land,  825 head 
of horses and mules, over  2,000 head of cat­
tle and sheep, 2,500 hogs, and their personal 
property  is  valued  at  $12,000. 
In other 
counties they make an equally good showing. 
They do not want  to  leave  the  state,  and 
most of them are anxious to have their child­
ren educated.—Hot Springs  Sentinel.

Labor disputes  on  the  subject  of  wages 
are unusually common in  many districts  of 
England. 
In Wales,  too,  the  managers  of 
various iron and steel works  terminated the 
contracts  with  their  hands  on the last of 
September, and it is believed that this action 
foreshadows a reduction of  wages

Are  Watered.

“The sale of  oysters  in bulk in Detroit is 
growing larger every year, while the canned 
trade  is  steadily  decreasing,”  remarked  a 
dealer ln| the  bivalves  this  morning. 
“A 
great many people  have  long  had a preju­
dice against buying  oysters by the measure, 
being under  the  impression  that  they were 
of an inferior quality,  but  this  view is  pas­
sing away as more  is  learned  of  the work­
ings of the trade, and now  when an epicure 
wants the  fine  article  he  always buys the 
bulk. 
I sell eight  times  more of them than 
of the cans.”

“It isn’t a fact, then, that  oysters  deterio­

rate when shipped in bulk?”

“No,  sir;  not  in  the  least.  They  are 
packed solid in barrels,  kegs or tubs with a 
chunk of ice put in to keep  them fresh, and 
sent through by express.  When from Balti­
more they  are  usually  about  30  hours  in 
transit, and having been  previously washed 
and strained, reach  here  in  practically  the 
same  condition  as  when  taken  from the 
water.  The  reason  why  they  are  better 
than the canned article  is  that they haven’t 
been watered.  Now there  isn’t,  probably, 
one customer in a thousand who knows that 
when he buys a can of oysters he gets nearly 
half water, but it is a fact,  nevertheless. 
I 
don’t make this statement to  depreciate any 
particular brand,  and  I  don’t  except  any 
from it. 
It is one of the unwritten tenets of 
the trade to  water  the  cans,  and  it is fol­
lowed by all, from the  largest  jobber to the 
small dealer who puts up a few gallons at  a 
time.  The rule is to put one pint of oysters 
in a can and  fill |th e  balance  with  water. 
The cans are supposed  to  hold a quart,  but 
they do not, and if the  contents of eight  of 
them were determined  they would be found 
to contain just  three  pints  of  pure  water. 
This downright fraud—it  can’t be called by 
any other  name—has  been  going  on since 
the first can was made, but  it  now  appears 
to be  doomed.  The  country  dealers  are 
tumbling to the racket and prefer  to  buy in 
bulk so as to get the benefit of the watering, 
if there is any to be had.”

“ What are  the  prospects  for  the  trade 

this  season?”

“Fair.  Prices are as low now as one year 
ago, and the quality is  fully  up to the aver­
age.  The  yield  promises well, and unless 
extreme cold weather prevails on Chesapeake 
bay last year’s  figures  will rule.”—Detroit 
Neivs.

The  Need  of a  National  Bankrupt  Law.
The  recent  failures,  says  the  New  York 
Shipping and Commercial List, have serv­
ed to give emphases  to  the  demand  for  a 
uniform  law  for  the  enforced collection of 
debts in this country.  As it  is  now,  every 
state has a  statute  upon  this  subject,  but 
there is no uniformity in the machinery pro­
vided for the collection of debts,  and  there 
can be no doubt that trade is greatly injui’ed 
by the uncertainty  and  delay  growing  out 
of the varying insolvency statutes of the dif­
ferent  states.  Business  should  never  be 
hampered by anything so  artificial  as  state 
and county lines, but under the present  sys­
tem of dffering  and  conflicting  bankruptcy 
laws, bankers and  merchants  and  manufac­
turers  are  compelled  to  keep  themselves 
thoroughly  posted  regarding  the  remedies 
provided by the various  states  for  the  col­
lection of debts, and they are often forced to 
refuse the extension of credit when it would 
otherwise be both safe and desirable, simply 
because the local laws act as barriers against 
the commercial  usages  of  the  present. 
In 
many of the states the insolvency laws  per­
mit or encourage  debtors,  either  by  secret 
confessions of judgment or the issue of other 
leins recognized as  paramount  by  the  local 
courts, and in  this  way  great  injustice  is 
wrought to the deferred creditors, who, as  a 
rule, are residents of distant states, the pref­
erence usually being made in  favor  of  rel­
atives  or  neighbors. 
It  is  unnecessary  to 
point out in detail the evils and  weaknesses 
of the insolvency laws enacted by  the  vari­
ous  states;  the  financial  and  commercial 
classes of the Eastern and Middle States are 
united in denouncing the present system and 
in demanding the enactment by Congress  of 
a National bankrupt law.

Some two years ago the  Boston  Board  of 
Trade requested Judge Lowell, of  the  Fed­
eral  judiciary,  a  recognized  authority  on 
bankrupt law, to draft a bill  upon  the  sub­
ject.  The rough draft was sent to the  vari­
ous Boards of Trade and  Commerce  in  the 
country, as  well  as  to  leading  merchants, 
manufacturers, lawyers, and bankruptcy offi­
cials, with a request for such criticisms  and 
suggestions  as  might  seem  proper  to  the 
persons  addressed.  After  having  carefully 
studied the  comments  and  considered  the 
amendments thus  procured,  Judge  Lowell 
proceeded to perfect his bill, and the ripened 
result of his labors was  submitted  to  Con. 
gress, where it is  now  pending.  From the 
favor with which the main features  of  this 
measure have  been received by  the  classes 
most  interested  in  the  enactment  of  a 
thorough and equitable bankrupt law,  there 
is a possibility  that  the increased  business 
disasters of this year may. prompt  its  adop­
tion next winter.  Of course what  Congress 
will do is not  to  be  prognosticated,  but  it 
can hardly do a greater or  better  service  to 
the country than to consider this  important 
business in a broad and statesmanlike  m 
ner.

tion.

The St. Louis  Commercial  Gazette  thus 
summarizes  the  condition of  trade  at pres­
ent:
The general  business  outlook  may be re­
garded  as improving.  The important crops 
are either harvested or mostly out of danger. 
This furnishes the  merchants  with  a toler­
able basis upon which to calculate  the prob­
able business in the  near  future.  Money is 
easy and likely to  continue  so,  for  foreign 
exchange  is  weakening  as  our  exports  are 
increasing. 
It would  seem  that these  con­
ditions  ought  to  impart  confidence  to  the 
capitalists as to the future of  the chief mar­
kets,  and  should  give  assurance  that  the 
long process of liquidation in certain leading 
lines of trade is approaching an end.
The very  recent  failures  in  the  woolen 
trade  somewhat  shook  the  growing  confi­
dence that  was  apparent.  When  the  fail­
ures  were  first  announced,  many  were  su­
perficially inclined to attribute them to some 
general  and  malign  cause  underlying  the 
whole trade.  Probably the  general  depres­
sion of values so long in  operation, together 
with the large surpluses  of  goods  that  had 
accumulated, had some influence  in precipi­
tating the  failures,  and  probably  it  was 
feared that other  suspensions  would follow 
from the same  cause.  But  it  appears  that 
at least one of these  houses  was brought  to 
grief through operations  entirely  foreign to 
the legitimate business in  which  it was  en­
gaged.  The  embarrassment  of  the  other 
firms connected with the same naturally fol­
lowed from the failure  of  the  house which 
was first  to  succumb. 
It  does  not  appear 
that these failures in the  woolen trade must 
be accepted as showing  that  the  dry  goods 
trade in general is ixx an  insecure  condition. 
It is likely that  when  the  facts  underlying 
those  failures  become  thoroughly  under­
stood, any suspicion of  unsoundness  in  the 
dry goods trade will be removed.
A decidedly encouraging sign in the situa­
tion  is  the  continued  gain  in  earnings  re­
ported by the principal transportation lines. 
It reflects an active distribution of goods and 
a fair volume of mercantile business.
A recent event  of  note  has  been  the  re­
duction of the Bank of  England rate of dis­
count from Vyi to 3 per  cent.  Very  likely 
Europe! will  have  to  buy  largely  of  our 
wheat later  on  when  stocks  have  been 
worked off.  But  meanwhile  she  is  in the 
position of a man who has  just  had  an  ex­
cellent dinner  and  could  not  possibly  take 
any more, even if it should look never so in­
viting. 
It may  be, therefore, that we  shall 
see a further fall in prices before  the staple 
goes out in  any considerable  quantities.
It is scarcely reasonable to  hope for large 
imports of gold so  long  as  our  breadstuffs 
exports  remain  so  small  and  the  cotton 
movement  is not heavy.  Still,  many  bank­
ers expect the influx  to  begin  early  in  No­
vember, even though the  most  sanguine ad­
mit  that  the  import  will  be  light,  unless 
there should be a good demand from Europe 
for American  securities,  which  at  the  mo­
ment does not seem likely.

A New Postal  Order.

A  gentleman  of  Boston  has  obtained  a 
patent  for a “ Money Order Postal Card” to 
be redeemable at  any  postoffice  at which it 
is presented.  At the upper right  hand cor­
ner is a  postage  stamp,  at  the  upper  left 
hand corner a value stamp, the  space below 
being left free for the address.  The back of 
the card is to be used for the communication, 
with  the  exception  of  the  corner  which 
forms the reverse side  of  the  value  stamp. 
Upon this  space is  to  be  printed  a  notice 
that it is not to be  written  upon. 
It  is  in­
tended that the value stamp shall be punched 
or otherwise removed from the card, and re­
tained as a voucher by the person paying the 
same, while the card itself may  be retained 
by the person preseixting it.

• 

Preferred  the  Necktie.

Emory Storrs tells a story  of  a  man  who 
bought a bill or goods for $1,500.  The firm 
being suspicious of their customer put an ad­
ditional $300 on  their  usual  prices.  The 
customer could only raise $1,200, which was 
the regular  rate,  the  remainder  being  the 
excess.  He said he would  give his note for 
the remainder, and they  took it.  Then  he 
said he was in the habit of receiving  a pres­
ent on making so large  a  bill.  They gave 
him a neektie.  He bitterly objected to such 
a mean little present.  The proprietors then 
concluded to present him with  his  note  for 
the $300.  He took it with a look of cunning, 
and then said:  “ Well,  Mr.  Alexanders,  I 
think I will  prefer  the  necktie,  if  it’s just 
the same to  you.”

Healthy  Business  Rivalry.

“Here y’are, now;  two  packages  for  ten 
ceixts!” yelled  a  seedy-looking  peddler  in 
Grand street.
“Here y’are, this  way;  two  packages for 
five cents!”  howled  another  envelope  ped­
dler,  almost  crowding  his  fellow-merchant 
off the sidewalk.
Women out shopping  noted the difference 
in prices, and soon  bought  out  the two for 
five cents man.
Then both peddlers drifted around the cor­
ner, and the one who  had sold no envelopes 
divided his stock with the other,  remarking, 
with a chuckle:
“It  works  boss,  pard,  don’t  it ?—New 
York Sun.

A number of cases of  arsenical  poisoning 
have recently  appeared  arnoixg |the  women 
who count the new greenbacks  in the treas­
ury department.  The fingers are moistened 
by a sponge  to  facilitate  counting,  and the 
moisture brings out the  arsenic in the green 
dye, which in some  instances  has  been  ac­
companied by quite serious  results.

The traffic in  frozen  meat  between  New 
Zealand and England  is  now  an undoubted 
success.  Recently  a single  cargo  that was 
safely delivered  consisted  of  9,584  dressed 
sheep, which weighed 641,315 pounds. What 
is called the Haslemdry  air freezing appar­
atus  is depended upon for the necessary re­
frigeration.

The last week of  September  we exported 
6,710  packages  of  cotton  cloth, prints, etc. 
Most of them  went  to  China,  and some to 
England, Mexico and South America.

Ring,

There is a  clerk  in  the  New  York  Sub- 
Treasury who has a highly  trained  sense of 
hearing.  With  it  he  has  been enabled to 
detect one of the  most  dangerous  counter­
feits ever made in this country.  According 
to an official of  the  Washington Secret Ser­
vice this clerk  while  engaged  in  counting 
silver  coin, tossed each one  upon a table  in 
front of  him.  Ordinarily a  counterfeit coin 
rings lower than the genuine.  Each coin of 
the clerk’s  count  rang  just  right  for  some 
time, when he heard a  note  from a  falling 
coin one-half a note higher than the genuine 
ring.  This  attracted  his  attention.  He 
picked out the coin and examined it careful­
ly. 

It looked all right.

Had his ear  been  deceived ?  He  tested 
the coin again  and  it  rang  out  the  half  a 
note higher than  it  should.  This  expert 
clerk now was  convinced  there  was some­
thing wrong about the  coin.  He  picked up 
a bottle of acid and applied that  test.  The 
coin appeared genuine, for its  surface stood 
the acid test.  The coin was  weighed. 
Its 
weight  was  correct.  His  associate  clerk 
said,  “ The  coin  is  genuine.”  The  clerk 
was about to pass the coin  on,  but  he  rang 
it again, and the persistent half  a  note  too 
high made him pause.  He  took out a knife 
and cut deeply into the coin.  Now he again 
employed the acid. 
It was poured  into  the 
cut  and  at  once  l’evealed  a  center  of  base 
metal.

The triumphant clerk  now  had  the  coin 
cut  open,  revealing  the  most  successful 
counterfeit coin  ever  made  in this country. 
The center is of base  metal,  compressed by 
heavy pressure until  it  has  nearly the den­
sity of silver.  This center  is  then  heavily 
plated with 30 cents worth of  silver.  This 
plating is so thick that it readily  resists the 
acid. 
In appearance,  weight  and  ring  it is 
so close to the genuine that  no  one  but the 
experts in the New York Sub-Treasury have 
discovered  them.  Not  a  single  bank  has 
reported anything of this  counterfeit. 
It is 
fully six months since  this  counterfeit was 
discovered, and yet there is not the slightest 
clue as to where it originated or how large a 
quantity has been forced  into general circu­
lation.  The  skill  with  which* the coin  is 
made apparently baffles  all  discovery.  At 
any  other  place  than  the  Sub-Treasuries 
these coins are as good as any.  Not a trace
as yet has  been  found  of  where  they are 
pushed upon the public. 
It  is  thought that 
the inventor of this skillful method of mak­
ing money  must  pass  them  in  very  small 
quantities, as the presentation  of  any  large 
sum in silver  dollars  would  attract  suspi­
cion.  Brooks, Chief of  the  Secret  Service, 
about this coin said: 
“ It is  the best coun­
terfeit  ever  made,  and  the  one  that  is 
giving  us the ',most  trouble.”—New  York
World. 

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“ Zante Currants”  Not Currants  at All.

It is a common belief that the  dried  fruit 
sold as “Currents” or  “Zante  Currants,”  is 
really a currant,  and  merchants  are  every 
now and then  asked  how  currants  can  be 
preserved,  so  as  to  be  like  those  sold  in 
shops. 
It  is  not  possible  to  prepare  the 
enrrants of our gardens in this  manner,  for 
the reason that the imported  fruit  sold  un­
der that name is not  a  currant,  but  a  very 
small grape without seeds.  The dried  fruit 
was  originally  brought  to  England  from 
Corinth, and called “Corinths,” a name which 
was readily changed to  currants.  This  mi­
nute grape is very sweet  and  has  no  other 
preparation than spreading  the  clusters  up­
on the  ground  and  allowing  them  to  dry; 
they are afterward removed from their stems 
and trodden down in large casks  for  export. 
They are mainly produced in the islands  be­
longing to Greece, where they  are  the  prin­
cipal  crop.  The  annual  importation  into 
England is over twenty thousand  tons,  and 
a large quantity is brought into this country.
Buttered eggs are a new  luxury in  which 
residents of  New  York  City  are  indulging. 
There  are old  women  in  the  city  who  get 
from the authorities the right to  keep  hens, 
which are domiciled  in  the  cockloft  of the 
house, and they  keep  boys  watching  until 
they lay an egg.  No sooner is  it  laid  than 
it is dipped into melted butter, and the shell, 
which is yet warm and  susceptible,  absorbs 
the flavor of the butter, and they are said  to 
be  very  fine.  They  bring  from  sixty  to 
eighty cents a dozen.

One  of  the  most  important  of  the  mer­
cantile institutions  of  Berlin  is  an  egg  ex­
change.  As  the  city  consumes  more  than 
twelve million dozen of eggs  annually,  it  is 
a business of very great importance.  On the 
forenoons of two days  in  the  week the pro­
duce  exchange  is  wholly  given  up 
to 
the  egg  dealers,  both  male  and  female. 
Uniform rates for eggs are thus  established, 
which are observed by all dealers.

The fig crop is increasing very fast in sev­
eral of the southern  states.  Few  attempts 
have been made as yet to use  the  fruit  for 
any other purpose  than  home  consumption 
and the supply of the  local  market.  Next 
season attempts will be made  to  ship  fresh 
figs north, and to partially dry them  so  that 
they can be transported  long  distances  and 
kept a considerable time.

Seven  Reasons  Why  People  Believe  in  Our 

City.

1.  Because for fifty years she  has  stead-! 
ily progressed in population, wealth  and in- j 
fluence, and at no period of her existence  as | 
a city has her advancement in  these matters j 
been more rapid than it is to-day.
2.  Because her  location,  with  reference j 
to lines of transportation, is unsurpassed  by 
few  inland  cities  in  the  west.  Diverging 
lines  of  railways  bring  an  extensive  traffic 
to the city, and  over  the  same  avenues she 
sends her merchandise and  manufactures to 
cities and hamlets in all  directions.

3.  Because she is a' manufacturing  city. 
Manufacturing  cities  are  always  the  most 
useful,  wealthy  and  substantial. 
In  the 
production of fine  furniture,  Grand  Rapids 
leads the world in  originality  of  styles and 
perfection of workmanship.  Moreover,  our 
other  manufactures  are likewise  giving the 
town a world-wide reputation abroad.

4.  Because it is located in the center of a 
territory  of  unlimited  wealth-producing 
power, and its growth and importance  must 
correspond with the advancement  of  the  re­
gions that are tributary to  it.  The  country 
to the north is rapidly filling up with  a har­
dy class of people, who will be our  custom­
ers.  This heretofore sparcely-settled  region 
has been a great drawback  to  the  aggrega­
tion of population and wealth; but the broad 
forests  of  pine  and  hardwood are  rapidly 
succumbing to the axe and saw of the settler.
5.  Because  her natural  features  are  un­
surpassed  anywhere.  Her  water-power  is 
sufficient to operate  a  hundred  workshops, 
and Grand River  affords  cheap  transporta­
tion to the lake.

6.  Because our  natural  lieathfulness  of 
climate and surroundings makes  this  city  a 
most desirable place to live in.  Malaria has 
already  been  driven  beyond  our  borders. 
Our uneven surface, sloping toward  the  riv­
er, is adapted to a thorough system  of  sew­
erage and  drainage,  and  greatly  enhances 
the growth of the city.

7.  Because Grand Rapids  people  are  of 
the sort that wear well.  They  pay  as  they 
go.  They do not build to  any  considerable 
extent  on  borrowed  capital.  Most  of  the 
wealth  in  Grand  Rapids  was  made  here. 
Our prosperity is real,  not  simulated.  Our 
foreign-bom  citizens  are  industrious  and 
thrifty.  We  are  not  much  afflicted  with 
“ blue blood.”  We do not freeze  out  new­
comers.  Decent people soon  feel  at  home 
here.  Grand Rapids is a city of  homes. 
It 
has scores of  elegant  dAvellings, as  well  as 
thousands of less pretentious cottages.  Our 
tastes  are  becoming  more  intellectual  and 
refined.  With  the  increase  in  wealth  we 
shall gratify our love  for  literature, science 
and  art.  There  is  much  in  the  habit  of 
giving to noble uses, and we have not a  few 
men who are willing and  able  to  show how 
to give good  gifts.

The  Beef Supply.

, 

Notwithstanding  the  enormous  advance 
made in cattle-raising during the past twenty 
years or so, the  increased  supply,  even  in 
favorable seasons, has not been  at  all  com­
mensurate with the increase is  the  demand 
for beef.  The ratio of increase in  cattle  is 
w   less than that  in  population,  sq  that  even 
with the change in dietetic habits the demand 
i f f  beef would  tend  to  steadily  outrun  the 
supply.  But our appetite for beef  increases 
much more rapidly than our numbers.  The 
«  marketman  makes  his  daily  rounds  with 
fresh beef in hundreds of communities where 
.  salt pork was eaten almost exclusively twen- 
ty-five years ago;  and  generally  throughout 
the gountry beef has largely  displaced  pork 
on the tables of farmers, mechanics and. well- 
to-do people.  This  partly  because  of  the 
universal improvement in the scale  of  pop­
ular living, due  to  general  prosperity,  but 
more, perhaps, to the influence of  an  active 
^   school of would-be reformers who have  per­
sistently decried pork as an  article  of  food 
and created a wide-spread and  unreasonable 
prejudice against it.  Leaving out of consid­
eration any possible increase in the  demand 
for beef for exportation, we may reasonably 
anticipate that the  home  demand  for  beef 
w will continue to increase as fast, if not faster, 
than the population does; and there  can  be 
no marked decline from  the  present  exces­
sive prices until the supply  of  beef-cattle  is 
brought up to the level of the popular require­
ments. 
It is not the prime cost of beef  cat­
tle in the field, or their necessary cost at the 
shambles after being driven or  carried  half 
A /across the continent, that chiefly determines 
" 
the cost of meat  to  the  consumer,  but  the 
single fact that the  supply  is  relatively  so 
meager that the  cattle-raisers  can  ask  and 
get prices which enable  them  to  make  20, 
30 and even 50 per  cent, profit per annum on
the money  invested.—Scientific American.

, 

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Mexico Threatens Our  Cotton  Interest.
They raise cotton in  Mexico.  A  cotton 
ginner at Villa Lerdo paid  $15,000  freight 
on his cotton marketed last year, and thinks 
he will do a larger  business  this  year. 
It 
wouldn’t  be  funny,  would  it, if American 
capital should  build  railroads  in Mexico to 
develop a cotton country that would “down” 
ju s  in supplying the demand for that staple ? 
'Labor is  cheap in  Mexico, and, if transpor­
tation facilities  are  given,  she could  raise 
eotton at less cost thap the  American  farm­
er.—Fort Worth Gaze%c.

A L A B A STIN  E! S P R I N G   A  C O M P A C T ?

Alabastine is the first and  only  prepara­
tion made from  calcined  gypsum  rock,  fin­
application  to  walls  with  a  brush, and  is 
fully  covered  by  our  several  patents  and 
perfected  by  many  years  of  experiments. 
It  is  the  only  permanent  wall  finish,  and 
admits  of  applying  as  many  coats  as  de­
sired, one over another, to any hard  surface 
without  danger  of  scaling,  or  noticeably 
adding to the thickness of  the  wall,  which 
is  strengthened  and  improved  by  each  ad­
ditional coat, from time  to  time. 
It  is  the 
only material for the purpose not dependent 
upon glue for its adhesiveness ;  furthermore 
it is the only  preparation  that is  claimed 
to  possess  these  great  advantages,  which 
are  essential  to  constitute  a  durable  wall 
finish.  Alabastine is hardened on  the  wall 
by  age, moisture,  etc. ;  the  plaster  absorbs 
the  admixtures,  forming  a  stone  cement, 
while  all  kalsomines,  or  other  whitening 
preparations,  have 
inert  soft  chalks,  or 
glue,  for  their  base,  which  are  rendered 
soft, or  scaled, in  a  very  short  time, thus 
necessitating  the  well-known  great  incon­
venience  and  expense, which  all  have  ex­
perienced,  in  washing  and  scraping  off  the 
old  coats  before  refinishing. 
In  addition 
to the above advantages,  Alabastine  is  less 
expensive,  as  it  requires  but one-half  the 
number of pounds to cover the same amount 
of surface with two coats, is  ready  for  use 
by  simply  adding  water,  and  is easily ap­
plied by  any  one.

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M. B.  CHURCH, Manager.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests of tiie State.

E.  A.  STOWE.  Editor and  Proprietor.

Terms $ 1 a year in advance, postage paid. 
Advertising rates made known on application.

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S t Louis is at last avenged.  ' Her  papers 
now refer to Chicago as the “ great Cauldron 
of Iniquity by the lake.”

Contributions on matters pertaining to the 
material development of the  city  and  State 
are earnestly solicited, and will be treated in 
a manner befitting their importance.

The project to  establish  a  permanent  ex­
position here appears to meet  with  growing 
favor. 
It  has  been  the  subject  of  much 
careful discussion among business  men  dur­
ing the past week, and promises  to  increase 
In importance as the merits of the undertak­
ing come to be better  appreciated.

Those who are doubtful  as  to  the  future 
of Grand Rapids are respectully  referred  to 
a few of the many arguments existing  in fa­
vor  of  the  city,  printed  elsewhere.  The 
reasons given are well-founded and  positive 
convictions, grouped in a pointed and  effec­
tive  form, and  ought  to  convince  even  the 
most skeptical.

As Great Britain will  require  150,000,000 
bushels of  foreign  wheat  before  the next 
harvest, and the crop of Europe  as  a whole 
is less than it was  a  year  ago,  the  demand 
for American wheat ought to  be  brisk,  and 
our entire surplus will doubtless  be market­
ed at  prices  satisfactory  to  producers  and 
promoters of trade generally.

The reports  of  the  business  failures  in 
the United States for the past three  months 
show a great increase in the number of  sus- 
' pensions and the  amount  of  liabilities over 
last year.  This year the failures were 1,803, 
with liabilities of $52,072,884;  last year  the 
number was 1,300 and the liabilities $18,942,- 
893.  The Eastern and Middle States furnish 
the larger part of the loss.  The liabilities in 
the two sections  were  $39,147,187,  against 
$11,340,737 last year.  The number  of  fail­
ures during the first nine months of 1883 was 
6,440 with liabilities of $118,261,918, against 
4,897 failures  and  $69,523,813  liabilities in 
the corresponding months last  year.  These 
statistics show the  importance  of  Congress 
passing a general bankrupt act.

be evident that if he sells fifty dozen  of  the 
latter he would have fifty dozen of  his  own; 
files to carry over, in which  he  must  stand 
the loss, if any.  • The seller has  gained  out 
of the transaction the absolute sale  of  fifty 
dozen files which he probably  would  other­
wise have had  to  carry  in  stock,  and  the j 
dealer  unwittingly has helped  him  out  of 
his dfficulty in this respect.

Overproduction begets overstocking by the 
retailer, and the natural result of this is  de­
layed  payments,  failures,  and  no  end  of 
trouble to all  concerned.  There is nothing 
intrinsically  wrong  in  offering  special  in­
ducements to crowd sales into  the  hands  of 
merchants able to dispose of the goods. Thus, 
an extra 30 days’ time to a man who usually 
discounts his bills may  enable  him  to  pur­
chase a larger stock  at  one  time  as  he may 
know that his trade  will  absorb  the  goods 
with sufficient rapidity to enable him to take 
his usual discounts.  Such a buyer may prof­
itably accept of special baits and all  the  ex­
tra discounts which the seller in  his  gener­
osity may offer.  The  former  may,  out  of 
abundant caution, buy with the  privilege  of 
returning unsold goods, and may do so  with 
perfect  propriety.  His  situation  is  vastly 
different from the  merchant  whose  stock  is 
already too heavy, and  whose  indebtedness, 
perchance, is already  enlarged  beyond  the 
safety point

There are times  when  the  buyer  should 
use great caution.  He will be beset with urg­
ent holders of goods  who will leave no stone 
unturned to make a sale. 
If  he  is  in  need 
of goods, and can afford to buy them, he may 
indeed consider himself  most  fortunate  in 
having so many  and  such  fine  inducements 
so freely offered to him.  But if his stock  is 
already replete, let him be most cautious,  as! 
the gilded baits extended on every hand may 
indeed prove a snare  and  a delusion.  Now 
is the  time  to  buy  cautiously  and  wisely. 
See that the stock on hand begins to move be­
fore looking for another to sell in the future. 
This, however, should not  induce  the buyer 
to let his assortment run down and get brok­
en.  Rather should he see to it that his stock 
is constantly  replenished  with  articles  ac­
tually needed.

When manufacturers find that there is act­
ual  overproduction, instead  of  glutting the 
market with their goods it would be far bet­
ter to reduce the output and restore an  equi­
librium in the trade  by  limiting  for  a  time 
the amount produced.  This is a heroic rem­
edy, but it is  nevertheless  an  effectual  one, 
a remedy  which  in  all  such cases  must be 
resorted to first or last.

9VERPR0DUCTI0N  AND  OVERSTOCKING.
When stocks  accumulate  at  the  factories 
or in the hands of jobbers or other  distribu­
ting agents  there  is  a  strong  tendency  to 
crowd sales with  such  persistency  and  by 
means of such special inducements that buy­
ers soon find their shelves and counters over­
crowded and they, in company with the man­
ufacturer  and  jobber,  have  to  suffer  the 
evils of overproduction.  The means used to 
induce merchants to purchase more than their 
trade will demand are various, and often ex­
ceedingly subtle and seductive.  Frequently 
an  extra  discount of  enticing  magnitude  is 
conceded for the purchase of a large quantity, 
or perchance a direct cut in the price is made, 
so great in extent as to influence the buyer to 
commit  that exceedingly  great  commercial 
blunder, to-wit, the buying of more than  his 
trade will warrant  There  are  ma»y  Mrs. 
Toodlteses in  the  trade.  Were  there  not, 
producers  of  manufactures  would  find  a 
much harder time than they now do  in  dis­
posing of their surplus stocks.  Dating bills 
ahead is an especially alluring habit of many 
sellers, and buyers catch at  this  thinly  dis­
guised bait with a truly  surprising  avidity. 
Many dealers  think  that  by  obtaining  an 
extra 30 or 60 days’ credit on their purchases 
they are being  especially  benefited,  forgets 
ting that they may not be able to  turn  their 
stock even  in  the  length  of  time  granted 
them.  The seller probably thinks it is better 
to make an absolute sale,  even  by delaying 
the time of payment for a month or  so, than 
to keep the goods on hand and make no sale, j 
The buyer  often  gambles  on  the  chance  of 
selling,  in  the  additional  time  given,  the 
goods thus purchased and, as is too often the 
case, miscalculates, and instead of making a 
good investment finds himself crippled  with 
an  indebtedness  which  is  both  dangerous 
and annoying.

One course pursued by many  sellers  is  to 
make job  lots  of  certain  kinds  of  goods, 
mixing poor  styles  with  good  ones,  cheap 
goods with better ones, and thus offer an  at­
tractive combination made more so by a very 
cheap price.  Such “baits” are well enough in 
their way, and cash buyers often  find  it  to 
their advantage to purchase them, especially 
when they have a trade that will take them. 
It’is otherwise with a merchant whose stock 
is'already all that he is warranted  in  carry­
ing, and whose trade does not demand  such 
goods, even though the price is a low one.

It is not at all times best to buy a too large 
stock on commission,  or,  what  is  substan- 
tiallyfthe same, with the privilege of return­
ing all goods left  unsold  after a certain  pe­
riod, although this  would  seem a  harmless 
transaction.  The trouble in such  a  case  is 
that by taking in the  new  goods  their  sale 
interferes with the sale of the goods actually 
purchased by the dealer, thereby forcing him 
to stand  the  loss  incurred  in  carrying  the 
latter over.  Suppose that  a  dealer  has  in 
stock a hundred dozen files, all that he could 
reasonably sell for a year. 
If he  takes  an­
other hundred dozen  with  privilege  of  re­
turning all unsold at a certain date,  it  must

ARRIVE.

DEPART.

Michigan  Central—Grand  Rapids  Division.
Detroit Express......................................  6:20am
Day Express........................................... 12:45 p m
New York Fast Line..............................  6:50 p m
Night  Express........................................10:40 pm
Mixed..........................................................7:30 a m
Pacific  Express............. *.......................  7:30 am
Local  Passenger............................................ 11:50 am
M ail........................................................... 4:50 p m
M ixed.............. 
5:10 p m
Grand Rapids Express.........................10:50 p m
The New York Fast  Line runs daily, arriving 
at Detroit at 11:40 p. in., and New York at 9  p 
in. the next evening.
Direct  and  prompt  connection  made  with 
Great  Western,  Grand  Trunk  and  Canada 
Southern trains in same depot at Detroit, thus 
avoiding transfers.
The Detroit Express leaving at 6:20 a. m. has 
Drawing  Room  and  Parlor  Car  for  Detroit 
reaching that  city  at  noon,  New  York  10:30 
a. m., and Boston 2:40 p. m. next day.

 

 

J. T. Schultz, Gen 1.. Agent.

Detroit,  Grand  Haven A  Milwaukee.

GOING BAST.

Arrives.
tSteamboat Express..........  6:36 am
■tThrough  Mail....................10:40 a m
+Evening  Express............... 4:05 pm
♦Limited Express.......................  7:05 pm
tMixed, with coach...........
tMuskegon  Express.......... 10:05 p m

Leaves. 
6:45 am  
10:50 a m 
4:05 p m 
7:15 p m 
11:00 a m

GOING WEST.

tMorning  Express.............   1:05 pm
tThrougn  Mail....................  5:15 p m
tSteamboat Express...........10:25 p m
tMixed..................................
tMuskegon Express...........
♦Milwaukee Express..........  3:52 a m

1:25 p m 
5:25 pm  
10:30 p m 
7:45 am  
6:00 a m  
4:05 a m
tDaily, Sundays excepted.  »Daily. 
Passengers  taking  the  6:45  a.  m.  Express 
make close connections at Owosso for Lansing 
and at Detroit for New York, arriving there at 
10:00 a. m. the following morning.
Limited  Express  has  Wagner Sleeping Car 
through to Suspension Bridge and the mail has 
a Parlor Car to Detroit.  Milwaukee  Express 
has a through Wagner Car and  local  Sleeping 
Car Detroit to Grand Rapids.

D. P otter, City Pass. Agent. 
T homas  Tandy, Gen’l Pass, Agent,  Detroit.

Grand  Rapids  &   Indiana.

GOING NORTH.

Arrives.
Cincinnati &G. Rapids Ex.  9:30 pm  
Cincinnati & Mackinac Ex.  9:50 am  
Ft. Wayne & Mackinac Ex..  4:25 pm  
G’d Rapids  & Cadillac  Ac.
G. Rapids & Cincinnati Ex.
Mackinac & Cincinnati Ex.  4:35 pm  
Mackinac & Ft. WayDe Ex. .10:55 a m 
Cadillac & G’d  Rapids  Ac.  8:20 p m 

GOING  SOUTH.

All trains daily except Sunday.

SLEEPING CAR ARRANGEMENTS.

North—Train  leaving at  5:15  o’clock  p 

has  Woodruff  Sleeping Cars for Petoskey  and 
Mackinac City.  Trainleaving at 10:20 a. m. has 
combined Sleeping and Chair Car for Mackinac 
City.
South—Train leaving at 5 p. m. has Woodruff 
Sleeping Car for Cincinnati.

A. B. Leet, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Lake  Shore  &   Michigan  Southern.

(KALAMAZOO DIVISION.)

Arrives.  Leaves.
Express...............................   7:25 p m  8:00 am
M all......................................10:00 am   4:25 pm
The  train leaving  at 4:25 p. m. connects  at 
White Pigeon with Atlantic Express  on  main 
line, which has Palace Sleeping  Coaches from 
Chicago  to  New  York  and  Boston  without 
change.
The train  leaving  at  8:00 a.m .  connects  at 
White  Pigeon  (giving  one  hour  for  dinner) 
with special New York express on main line.
R. E. Abbott, Gen’l  Agent.

Chicago & West Michigan.

Leaves.  Arrives,
tMail........................................10:00 am  
tDay  Express.....................   1:15 p m  10:45 p m
♦Night  Express......................9:00 pm  

♦Daily.  rDaily except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars  on  all  night  trains. 
Through coach to Chicago on  1:15  p.  m.,  and 
9 p. m. trains.

4:35 pm
6:35 am

NEWAYGO DIVISION.

Leaves.  Arrives
Mixed.....................................   6:20 am  
3:10 pm  
Express..................... 

A. M. N ic h o l s, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

4:00 pm
10:10 am

CURRED QUOTATIONS.

FURNISHED  BY  LEADING  DEALERS.

DRY  GOODS.

Spring  &  Company quote as follows:

WIDE  BROWN COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 94.. 23 
l Peppered, 104....... 25
Androscoggin, 84. .21  Peppered, 114........27 %
Peppered,  74......16% Pequot,  74..............18
Peppered,  84...... 20  Pequot,  84..............21
Peppered,  94 ......22%|Pequot,  94..............24

c h e c k s .

Caledonia, XX, oz. .11 
Caledonia,  X, oz.,.10
Economy,  oz..........10
Park Mills, No. 50.. 10 
Park Mills, No. 60.. 11 
Park Mills, No. 70. .12 
Park Mills, No. 80.. 13

Park Mills, No. 90. .14 
Park Mills, No. 100.15
Prodigy, oz.............11
Otis Apron.............10%
Otis  Furniture.......10%
York, 1 oz.............. 10
York, AA, extra oz.14

OSNABURQ,

Alabama brown__ 7  [Alabama plaid.........  8
Jewell briwn..........9% ¡Augusta plaid.......... 8
Kentucky  brown.. 10% Toledo plaid...........   7%
Lewistpn  brown...  9% Manchester  plaid..  7
Lane brown........... 9% New Tenn. plaid.. .11
Louisiana  plaid__ 8  j Utility plaid. .. ____6%

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Avondale,  36..........  8%|Oreene, G.  44__ '..  6
Art  cambrics, 36. ..11% Hill, 44....................  9
Androscoggin, 44..  8% Hill, 7-8....................  8
Androscoggin, 5-4. .12%
Ballou, 44...............  7%
Ballou, 54...............  6
Boott,  O. 44...........   8%
Boott,  E. 5-5...........   7
Boott, AGC, 44.........9%
Boott, R. 34............  5«
Blackstone, A A 44.  7% 
Chapman, X, 4 4 ....  6%
Conway,  4-4............  7%
Cabot, 44................   7%
Cabot, 7-8................   6%
Canoe,  34 ...............  4
Domestic,  36..........  7%
Dwight Anchor, 44.10
Davol, 44................   9%
Fruit of Loom, 44..  9%
Fruit of Loom, 7-8..  8»,
Fruit of  the  Loom,
cambric,  44 ........12
Gold Medal, 44..  ..  7
Gold Medal, 7-8.........6%
Gilded Age.............   8%

Hope,  44.................  7%
King  Phillip  cam­
b r i c ^ .................11%
Linwood,  4-4..........9
Lonsdale,  44............9%
Lonsdale  cambric.12 
Langdon, GB, 44...  9%
Langdon,  45............14
Mason ville,  44.........9%
Maxwell. 44............10%
New York Mill, 44.11% 
New Jersey,  4 4 ....  8 
Pocasset,  P. M. C..  7% 
Pride of the West. .12% 
Pocahontas,  4 4 ....  8%
Slaterville, 7-8........   6%
Victoria, AA..........9
Woodbury, 44........   55£
Whitinsvllle,  4 4 ...  7%
Whitinsville, 7-8___ 6%
Wamsutta, 44.. .„.11% 
Williamsville,  36... 10%

CORSET JEANS.

Armory....................7%
Androscoggin sat..  8%
Canoe River...........   6%
Clarendon...............  6%
Hallowell  Imp.......6%
Ind. Orch. Imp.......6%
Laconia’..................   7%

Kearsage................   8%
Naumkeagsatteen.  8% 
Pepperell bleached 8%
Pepperellsat..........9%
Rockport.................  7%
Lawrence sat..........8%
Conegosat...............  7

PRINTS.

Albion,  solid........... 5%'
Albion,  grey........... 6
Allen’s  checks........6
Ailen’s  fancy..........6
Allen’s pink.............6%
Allen’s purple......... 6%
American, fancy__6
Arnold fancy...........6% i
Berlin solid.............. 5%
Cocheco fancy........6%
Cocheco robes......... 7
Conestoga fancy— 6
Eddy sto n e..............6%
Eagle fancy........
Garner pink........

Gloucester...............6
Gloucestermourn’g.6
Hamilton  fancy__ 6
Hartel fancy............6%
Merrimac D.............6%
Manchester.............6%
Oriental fancy........6
Oriental  robes........6
Pacific  robes..........7
Richmond................6%
Steel River.............. 6
Simpson’s;................ 6%
Washington fancy. .6 
Washington blues..6%

PIN E BROWN COTTONS.

Indian Orchard, 36.  8

Appleton A, 44 
8  ¡Indian Orchard, 40.  8%
Boott  M, 44............7 
Boston  F, 44..........8%lLaeonia B, 74...........16%
Continental C, 4-3..  73SiiLyman B, 40-in.......10%
Mass. BB, 4-4............6%
Continental D, 40 in 8%
Nashua  E, 40-in__ 9
Conestoga W, 44...  7 
Nashua  R, 44........  7%
Conestoga  D, 7-8...  5%
Nashua 0,7-8............7%
Conestoga G, 30-in.  6%
Newmarket N ........ 7%
Dwight  X, 34........ 6
Pepperell E, 39-in..  7%
Dwight Y, 7-8..........6%
Pepperell  R, 44__ 7
Dwight Z, 44..........  7
Pepperell  0 , 7-8___ 6%
Dwight Star, 44—   7%
Pepperell N, 34__ 6%
Ewight Star, 40-in..  9 
Pocasset  C, 44.......7
Enterprise EE, 36..  6%
Saranac  R...............   7%
GreatFallsE,44...  7%
Saranac E ............... 9
Farmers’ A, 44.......6%
Indian  Orchard, 44 7%

DOMESTIC GINGHAMS.

Amoskeag.............   8% ¡Renfrew, dress sty 110%
Johnson  Manfg Co,
Amoskeag, Persian
Bookfold..............12%
styles.................... 10%
Johnson Manfg Co,
Bates.......................  8
dress  styles.........12%
Berkshire...............  7%
Slaterville, 
dress
Glasgow checks___ 7%
styles.................... 13%
Glasgow checks, f’y 7% 
White Mfg Co, stap  8 
Glasgow 
White Mfg Co, fane  8 
royal  styles........  9
White  Manf’g  Co,
Gloucester, 
standard.............   8
Gordon....................  8
Plunket..................  8
Greylock, 
dress 
Lancaster...............  8
Langdale...................7?i

Earlston...............  9%

styles  ...................12%

checks,
new

WIDE  BLEACHED COTTONS.

Androscoggin, 74. .21 
Androscoggin, 8-4. .23
Pepperell,  74........20
Pepperell,  84........22%
Pepperell,  9 4 ....... 25

Pepperell.  104......27%
Pepperell,  114......32%
Pequot,  7-4.............21
Pequot,  84.............24
Pequot,  9-4.............27%

HEAVY  BROWN  COTTONS.

Atlantic  A, 44.......7% Lawrence XX, 44..  8%
Atlantic  H ,44.......7%iLawrence  Y ,30....  7
Atlantic  D ,4-4.......6%¡LawrenceLL,44...  6%
Newmarket N........ 7%
Atlantic P, 44........ 6
Mystic River, 44...  6%
Atlantic  LL, 4-4—   5%
Pequot A, 44..........  8
Adriatic, 36.............   7%
Piedmont,  36..........  7
Augusta, 4-4...........   6K
Stark AA, 44..........  8
Boott M, 44............  7%
Tremont CC, 44__ 6
Boott FF, 4-4..........  7& 1
Utica,  44................ 9
Graniteviile, 44—   7 
Wachusett,  44.......  75S£
Indian  Head,4-4...  8 
Wachusett,  30-in...
Indiana Head 45-in .12%

TICKINGS.

Falls, XXXX.......... 18%
Amoskeag,  ACA.. .15 
Falls, XXX..............15%
Amoskeag  “ 4-4..19
Falls,  BB.................11%
Amoskeag,  A .........14
Falls,  BBC, 36........19%
Amoskeag,  B .........13
Falls,  awning....... 19
Amoskeag,  C...... 12
Hamilton,  BT, 32.. 12
Amoskeag.  D .........11
Hamilton,  D ..........10
Amoskeag,  E .........10%
Hamilton,  H ..........10
Amoskeag, F .......... 10
Hamilton  fancy... 10
Premium  A, 44— 17
Methuen AA......... 14%
Premium  B ............16
Methuen ASA....... 18
Extra 44...................16
Omega A, 7-8.......11
Extra 7-8..............-.14%
Omega A, 44.........13
Gold Medal 4-4.........15
CCA 7-8....................12%!Omega ACA, 7-8.. v 14
Omega ACA, 44.. 5.16
CT 4-4....................... 14
Omega SE, 7-8___.s24
RC 7-8........................14
Omega SE, 44___>.27
BF 7-8........................16
Omega M. 7-8.........22
A F44........................19
Omega M, 44.......... 25
Cordis AAA, 32....... 14
Shetucket SS&SSW 11% 
Cordis AC A, 32....... 15
Shetucket, S & SW.12 
Cordis No. 1,32.......15
Shetucket,  SFS....12
Cordis No. 2............ 14
Stockbridge  A .......7
Cordis No. 3............ 13
Stockbridge frncy.  8
Cordis  No. 4............ 11V

GROGERlES. 
axle grease.

60  !Paragon.. .  $  doz 65
85
60  1Frazer’s .
BLUING.

Modoc.......$  doz
Diamond.............

Dry, No. 2............
Dry, No. 3...........
Liquid, 4 oz,........
Liquid, 8 oz.........

No. 1 Carpet.......
No. 2 Carpet.......
No. 1 Hurl..........
No. 2 Hurl  ........
Fancy Whisk—
Common Whisk.

.doz.
.doz.
doz.
.doz.

25
45
35
65

2 50
£ 25
2  00
1  75
1 25
85

CANNED GOODS.

dò.  6 B>.......... 2 15 String Beans...
do.  gallons... 3 40 Lima Beans........

Pie Peaches....... 1 25 Corn, Trophy...
15
35>Standard 2 00@2 25 Corn, Yarmouth J. DO
Apples, 3 fl>........ 1 25 Peas.......
..  75®1 40
90
90
Strawberries  1 @1 10 Lewis’B’dBeans.l  75
Blackberries — 1  25 Pumpkin
1 25
Raspberries  — 1 50 Succotash  ... 1 65@90
Cherries, red__ 1 25 Oysters, 15).... 1 10
Cherries white.. 2 00 Oysters, 2 5>.... 1 80
Pineapples........  1  75
Salmon....  1 60@1 75 
Damsons............  1 25
Lobsters, Stars.. 1 75
Egg Plum s........ 1 50
Sardines, Am......   81/
G ages..................  1 50
Sardines, Inport.  13 
Pears...................   1 35
Corned Beef 2 90@3 00 
Lusk’s Apricots.  2 95
Cond. Milk, Eagle 
Tomatoes..........  1 20
ease..................8 10
Corn,  Excelsior  1 10

COFFEE.

|Roasted Mar.
@17
[Roasted Mex. 18  @20 
Ground  Rio..10  @15 
Ground  Mex. 14  @16

Green Rio__ 9J£@14 
Green Java... 18  @28 
Green Mocha.27  @29 
Roasted Rio.. 10  @13 
Roasted  Java23  @32
72 foot J u te ........ 1 20 160 foot Cotton.... 
60 foot Jute.......1  00 
L___ j  
G.  D......................   35 ¡Waterproof......  75
Musket................  75 

00
|o0 foot Cotton___1  75
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Loose  Muse Raisins............................. 1 90®
New Valencias Raisins......................... 
Turkey P runes.....................................  
754
Currants.................................................  
Citron........................................................  18@20
Dried Apples  ......................................... 
854

9@10
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FISH.

Whole Cod..............................................  6V4@7
Boneless Cod......................................... 
6@8$£
3 25
Herring: 54 bbls.......................................... 
Herring: Sealed...........................................  
38
1 10
Herrin« Holland....................................... 
WhiteFish 54 b b ls...................................  
6 00
..........................   85@90
4 85
Trout half bbls.......................................... 
85
do.  K its.................................................. 
Mackerel half bbls  No. 1....................... 
600
do. Kits  No. 1 .................................... 
100

do.  K its.,... 

MaTCHES.

Richardson’s No. 2  square..................................2 TO
1 56
do
Richardson’s No. 3 
1 70
do
Richardson’s No. 5 
2 70
do
Richardson’s No. 6 
1 70
Richardson’s No. 8 
do
2 55
do
Richardson’s No. 9
Richardson’s No. 4 round.............................2 70
Richardson’s No. 7  do 
.................. '. —  ;2 55
.................. «%•»*..I 70
Richardson’s No. 7% do 
Electric Parlor No. 17.................................... .3 80
Electric Parlor No. 18......................................5 70

MOLASSES.

Black Strap....... 19@20
Porto  Rico........   @35
New Orleans g’d.  @45

I New Orleans  fy.62@65
Syrups, corn...  @35 
Syrups, sugar. .35@45

do. 

OIL.
..........................  
Kerosene  W. W
.
Legal test............................  
Sweet, 2 oz. square................................. 
Sweet, 2  oz. round:............................... 
Castor, 2 oz.  square............................... 
Castor, 2 oz. round................................. 

OATMEAL.

Quaker 2 lb cases, 48 lbs fl case............. 
do  5 ft cases, 60 lbs fi case............... 
Imperial  bbls.......................................  
Quaker bbls............................................ 

PICKLES.

1614
1314
75
1 00
75
1  00

2  35
2  55
6  25
7  25

do 
do 

Dingee’s barrels med................   .................. 5 75
Dingee’s 54 
......................................3 50
small............................4 50
Dingee’s 54 
Dingee’s quarts glass fancy..........................4 25
......................... 2 50
do 
Dingee’s pints 
SUGARS.
9-18
m  
9 54 
8% 
8& 
@814
654@754

(Granulated.
Cut Loaf__
Powdered ..
Conf. A .......
Standard A.
Extra C.......
Fine C..........
Yellow........

SOAP.
• $ f t
Kirk’s American  Family .
do. 
India.........................................
do.  Savon.......................................
do.  Satinet......................................
do.  Revenue..................................
do.  White Russian........................
Bell’s German Family.........................
do.  Mono.................................. ........
■Goodrich’s English Family  ...............
Princess............................
Proctor & Gamble’s Ivory................
Town Talk  $  box
¡SidalTs ...................................................
Babbitt’s ...............................................
Dish Rag  ...............................................
White castile bars................ .....
Mottled castile.......................................

do. 
do. 

do. 

Japan  O live......

614
614
6
614
5«
5 40
5%
4 00
514
4Ü
6 75
5
3 TO
3 00
5 50
4 25 
13 
12

SPICES.

 

 

 

Ground Pepper,  in boxes and cans...  16@22
Ground Allspice......................   12@20
Cinnamon............. 
16@30
Cloves.....................................................   20@25
Ginger____...___________ ________   15@20
Mustard.....................— 
  —   15@35
25
Cayenne...........
70
Pepper J4 ft $  dozen.............................
65
.Allspice  141b................ .........................
70
Cinnamon  34 lb.....................................
75
Cloves 14  lb..............................................
@18
 
Pepper,  whole........... ....... 
A llspice.......... ...................................
@12
Cassia...................................................
@12
Cloves...................................................  20
@22
@75
Nutmegs,  No. l . . _ ____  
  70
STARCH.

17

 

 

 

 

Muzzy Gloss 1 lb package..................
Muzzy Gloss 3 lb package..................
Muzzy  Gloss 6 lb boxes.....................
Muzzy Gloss bulk...............................
Muzzy Com 1 lb..................... ............
Klngsford Silver Gloss.....................
Kingsford Silver Gloss 6 lb box.......
Kingsford Corn................................ 
Oswego  Gloss..... ........................... .

@7
@614
@714
@6
@714
@814
@914

  834@9

SALT.

SEEDS.

60 P ocket............................................... 
28 Pocket........................ ........................ 
Sagrinaw.Fine ................ 

 

 

H em p...................................................... 
Canary..................................... 
R ape........................................................ 
Mixed Bird.............................................. 

 

STONEWARE.

2 55
2 40
110

5
5
5
6

 

•Jugs $   gallon.
Crocks-. ...........
Milk Crocks...

STOVE POLISH

Rising  Sun gross..5 88|Dixon’s  gross........5 50
Universal.............. 5 88 AbovefP dozea........  50
I X  L ...................... 5 S0|

SALERATUS.

DeLand’s pure  @ 514|Cap Sheaf......   @514
Churh’s ..........  @  614 Dwight’s ........  @514
Taylor’s <G. M.  @ 5141
t e a s.

1 Young Hyson__ 25@50
l Gun  Powder.......35@60
’ Oolong.................33@55
Congo..................  @30

Japan ordinary..23@25
Japan fair........... 25@30
.Japan fair to g’d.30@37
Japan line............40@5C
Japan dust.......... 14@2G
TOBACCO-
IDiamond Crown..........
Hiawatha.....................
Globe..... ........................
May Flower..................
Rose  Leaf.....................
Silver  Crown ...............
Owl  Club.....................
R ipper..........................
Ripper in 54 bbls..........
(Hero...............................

PLUG.

SMOKING.

Sentinel 17 lb and 28 lb cads........
C lim ax............................. ............
Honey Bee 28 lb  cads..................
.Hold F ast......................................
“76” ................................................
Dog On I t ......................................
McAlpin’s Gold Shield................
Nickle Nuggets 6 and 12 lb cads. 
■Chocolate Cream 4 and 8 lb cads. 
.My Choice 3 oz pocket  pieces...
.My Choice 16 oz pieces................
■Cock of the Walk  6s....................
.Dim e..............................................
M aiden...........................................
Peerless.........................................
Standard .......................................
Old Tom.........................................
Tom & Jerry.................................
Joker..............................................
Traveler.........................................
Topsy  ............................................
-Navy Clippings............................
Honey D ew ..................................
Gold  Block....................................
Camp Fire  ....................................
Oronoko.........................................
Nigger  Head.................................
Durham, 14 lb ...............................
5* f t ...............................
54 lb...............................
1 lb...............................

do 
do 
do 

Mule Ear. 
Hiawatha

SHORTS.

VINEGAR.

YEAST.

ao
69
70 
70 
65 
35 
30 
30
@28
@45

@48
@50
@48
@48
@48
@37
@48
@51
@50
@34
@33
@37
25@26
24
23
2019
23
24 
35 
28 
24
35
19
26
60
57
55
51
23
23

1  75 
1 85

Cider.....................   12 
Natural Grape—   16 

jWhite'Wine............12
|

Twin Bros..........1 75  IWilsons —
Gillett’s ............. 1  75  I National...

MISCELLANEOUS.

 

 

American..............  

Blacking.........................................30, 40,50@60
160
do  waterproof!............................ 
Bath Brick imported............................ 
95
do 
70
Barley.......................i ............................. 
3
Burners, No. 1 .......................................  
1 10
do  No. 2.......................................  
1 75
Bags, American A .................................  2000
Baking Powder, bu lk..........................   10@22
Beans, hand picked...............................  
2 65
Butter..........................................  
18@20
'Cream .Tartar 5 and 10 ft cans.............  @25
■■Candles, Star..........................................   @VK
.■Candles,  H otel.\....................................   @16%

 

90

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 
do 

No. 2......................  

Chocolate, Baker’s ...............................   @40
German sweet...................  @27
Cheese full cream choice.....................  13@13J4
Catsup quarts $   dozen........................ 1 36@
Cocoanut,  Schepps’ 1 ft packages. 
@2514
Extract Coffee,  v. c'............................. 
F elix...........................1 30@
Flour, Star Mills, In bbls..................... 6 00@
in Sacks.......................5 76@
Gum, Rubber 100 lumps.......................  @25
Gum, Rubber 200 lumps.......................  @40
Gum, Spruce..................................... 
  36@40
Chimneys No.  1............................ .•—   @35
 
  @45
Indigo.................................... ................. 1 00@
Ink 5P 3 dozen  box................................ 1 00@
Jelly in Pails...........................................  @ 8
do  Glass Tumblers $  doz........... ......   @85
Licorice...................................................  20@60
Licorice  Root.........................................  @12
Lye ^  2  doz. cases.................................1 55@
Macaroni,  Imported..............................  @13
Domestic..............................  ® 6
French  Mustard,  8 oz $   dozen...............   @85
Large Gothic.............1 35®
Oil Tanks, Star 55  gallons....................12 00®
Oil Tanks, Patent 55 gallons................14 00@
Pipes, Imported Clay 3 gross................2 25@
do  American  T. D.........................  90® 1  00
Pepper Sauce.........................................   90@1 00
Peas, Green Bush................................... 1 40@
do  Split prepared..............................314® 3V4
Powder,  Keg............................................6 25®
Vt Keg..................................... .3 50@
R ice......................................................... 
6@  7
Sago  ........................................................  @ 6
Stove Polish  gross...............................3 50@6 00
Shot, drop............................................... 1 90@
do  buck............ ...............................2 15@
Sage.........................................................   @15
Curry Combs fi doz................................ 1 25@
Molasses Gates each..............................  @45
Measuring Faucet ea ch ........................2 75®
Tobacco Cutters each............................1 25®
ChimneyCleaners^  doz.......................   @50
Flour Sifters $  doz...............................3 00@
Fruit Augurs each.................................1 25@
Twine....................................................    18@25
Tapioca..........................................«. 
  @ 6
Washing Crystal, Gillett’s box.............1 50@
Wicking No. 1 ^  gross..........................   @40
do  No. 2  ......................................  @65
do  Argand....................................1 50@

Washing Powder, 1776 $  lb ..................  @1054
Gillett’s $   lb............   @  754
Soapine pkg............. 

Boraxine ^  box.....................................3  75@

do 
do 

7@10

do 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

JENNINGS’  DOUBLE  CONCENTRATED  EXTRACTS. 
Packed in 1 Dozen Paper or 2 Dozen Wood Box. 

2 ounce B. N. Panel
do
4 do
do
6 do
8 do
.  do
No. 2 Taper Panel 
No. 4 
do 
Vt pint round 
1 
do 
No. 8 Panel 
No. 10  do

Lemon.
dozen..............................1 00
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

.........................1  75
......................... 2 75
.........................3 75
......................... I 25
.........................2 00
.........................4 50
.........................9 00
.............. 
3 25
.........................4  50

Vanilla.

do 
do 
do 

2 ounce B. N. Panel 
do
4 
do
6 
do
8 
No. 2 Taper Panel 
No. 4 
do 
Vt pint round 
do 
1 
No. 8  Panel 
No. 10  do

dozen..............................1 50
do
.2 75 
.4 00 
do
do
.5 00
.........................1 75
do
.......................3  00
do
......................7  50
do
........................15 00
do
.........................4 25
do
do
.................... 6 00

JENNINGS’ TRUE FLAVORINGS. 

Full Measure—Wrapped. 

Pint 2 ounce  f! dozen..........................
Pint 4  do 
..........................
Pint 8  do 
..........................
..........................
Pint 12  do 

Pint 2 ounce  $  dozen..........................
Pint 4 
Pint 8

do
do
54 Pint 12  do

Lemon.

do 
do 
do 
Vanilla.
do
do
do

...1 50 
...2 50 
...5 00 
...7 50

...2 25 
...4 00 
...8  00 
..12  00

PROVISIONS.

The  Grand  Rapids  Packing  &  Provision  Co. 

quote as follows:

PORK.

New Heavy Mess Pork................ $   bbl $11 00
New Family Clear P ork.........................  14 50
New Extra Clear Pork, A. Webster’s  ..  15 8754
New Extra Clear Pork..................... ......  16 50
New Boston Clear Pork..........................   16 8754
New Standard Clear P ork........... . 
17 50
On orders less than five bbl. lots 25 cts. 

extra.

DRY SALT MEATS—IN  BOXES.
Long Clears, heavy, 500 lb.  Cases.......... 
Half Cases........ 
Long Clear medium, 500 lb  Cases.......... 
Half Cases.......... 
Long Clears light, 500 lb Cases............... 
Half Cases............... 
Short Clears, heavy__ .-.........................  
medium.............................. 
light.................................... 

do. 
do 
do. 

do. 
do. 

LARD.
 

Tierces  .........  
30Jand 50 lb Tubs...................................... 
50 lb Round Tins, 100 ft  Racks............... 

 

LARD IN  TIN PAILS.

3 lb Pails, 20 In a case,............................ 
5 lb Pails, 12 In a case „ . ...................... 
10 lb Pails, 6 in a case 
........ . , . . .......  

7J4
754
754
754
754
754
754
754
724

854
854
824

954
954
9

SMOKED MEATS—CANVASSED OR  PLAIN.

do. 

Hams cured in sweet pickle medium.. 
light........  
Shoulders cured in sweet pickle.......... 
Extra Clear Bacon...................................... 
Dried B eef........ ...................................... 
Extra Dried B eef.................................... 

14
1454
754
1054
11
13

BEEF.

Extra Mess Beef Chicago packed $  bbl.  11 50 

CANNED BEEF.

Libby, McNeil & Libby, 14 lb cans, 54 doz.

incase......................................................  19 00
2 lb cans, 1 doz. in case__   2 85
do. 
Armour & Co., 14 lb cans, 54 doz in case  19 00 
do. 
2 lb cans, 1 doz. in  case..  2 85 
do.  2 B> Compr’d Ham, 1 doz.incase 4 50 
Kansas City, 14 lb cans, 54 doz in case... 18 50 
press, subject always to Market changes.

Prices named are  lowest  at time of going to 

CANDY  AND  FRUITS.

Putnam & Brooks quote as follows :

STICK.
Straight, 25 lb  boxes.......................................1154
Twist, 
....................................... 12
Cut Loaf 
........................................1254
MIXED.

do 
do 

Royal, 25 lb  pails............................................. 1154
Royal, 25 lb bbls...............................................1054
Extra, 25 ft  pails............................................ .1254
Extra, 25 lb bbls...............................................1154
French Cream, 25 lb pails............................. ’.15
Cut loaf, 25 lb  cases........................................15

FANCY—IN 5 ft BOXES.

Lemon  Drops.................................................. 14
Sour Drops.......................................................15
Peppermint  Drops........................................ 16
Chocolate Drops.............................................17
H M Chocolate  Drops....................................20
Gum  Drops  .................................................... 12
Licorice Drops................................................ 20
A B  Licorice  Drops.......................................14
Lozenges, plain...............................................17
Lozenges,  printed..........................................18
Imperials.........................................................17
M ottoes............................................................16
Cream  Bar............. ................................. ........15
Molasses Bar....................................................14
Caramels.......................................................... 20
Hand Made Creams........................................ 23
Plain  Creams.................................................. 20
Decorated Creams..........................................23
String Rock..................................................... 17
Burnt Almonds...............................................24
Wintergreen  Berries.....................................17

FRUITS.

bbl.....................................11 00®

Oranges, ft  box......................................
Oranges, ft case..................... ...............
Oranges, 
Lemons, fair to  good..........................5 50@6 00
Lemons, choice to fancy.....................
Bananas $  bunch.................................. 1 00@<f 50
Malaga Grapes, ft keg..........................
Malaga Grapes, f) bbl...........   .............
Figs,  layers  ft 1b....................................  20@  22
Figs,fancy  do 
....................................
Figs, baskets 30 ft ft ft..........................
Dates, frails 
do  ...........................  @654
Dates, 54 do 
do  .........  ...............  @754
Dates, skin..............................................  @654
Dates, 54  skin.........................................   @754
Dates, Fard 101b box ft  ft....................  @1454

NUTS.
f i » ....................  @20
Almonds,  Terragona, ft 1b 
do  ....................18  @
Almonds, loaca,
do  ....................  @1254
Brazils,
do  ........ ...........11  @1254
Pecons,
d o ........ ...........  @1154
Filberts, Barcelona 
d o ........ ...........  @13
Filberts, Sicily 
do  ...................  @14
Walnuts, Chilli 
d o ....................  @15
Walnuts, Grenobles 
do  ....................  @14
Walnuts, California 
..........5 00®
Cocoa Nuts, ft 100 
í  bu........
Hickory Nuts, lafge f  
do  -.................. 1  75@
Hickory Nuts, small
PEA
Prime Red,  raw  ft  1b. 
do .
Choice 
do 
Fancy 
do 
do .
Choice White, 
do .
Fancy H P,.  Va  do .

@1054
@11
@1254

DRUGS,  DYES  AND  CHEMICALS. 

Hazeltine, Perkins &  Co. quote as follows: 

ACIDS.

Acetic,  No. 8............................^  ft  9  @  10
Acetic,  C. P. (Sp. grav. 1.040)........   30  @  35
Carbolic............................................  
40
Citric.......................... ...................... 
57
Muriatic  18  deg.................................. 
3 @
Nitric 36 deg....................................  11  @
Oxalic............................... ................  1454®
Sulphuric 66 deg................................  
3 @
Tartaric  powdered................   .....
Benzoic,  English....................ft oz
Benzojc,  German.........................'..  12  @
Tannic.....................................<........  15  @

AMMONIA.

Carbonate..........................—   ft ft  19  @
Muriate (Powd. 22c) .......................
6  @
Aqua 16 deg or  3f.............................  
Aqua 18 deg or 4f.............................  
7  @

BALSAMS.

Copaiba............................................  
Fir...................................................... 
Peru................................................... 
Tolu................................................... 

BARKS.

@  55
40
3 00
85

Cassia, in mats (Pow’d 20c)............ 
Cinchona,  yellow..........................  
Elin,  select.................................. 
Elm, ground, pure..........................  
Elm, powdered,  pure.....................  
Sassafras, of root............................ 
Wild Cherry, select........................  
Cubeb, prime (Powd  $1)................
Juniper..........................  
Prickly Ash........................................125 @1

BERRIES.

6

12
18
15
13
15
10
12

1 00 

à  7 
35

 

 

EXTRACTS.

Licorice (10 and 25 ft boxes, 25c)...
Licoriee,  powdered, pure.............
Logwood, bulk (12 and 25 ft doxes).
Logwood, Is (25 ft  boxes)...............
do 
Logwood, 548 
...............
do 
Logwood, 54s 
...............
Logwood, ass’d  do 
...............
Fluid Extracts—25 ft cent, off list.

3754
9
12
13 
15
14

FLOWERS.

Arnica............. .................................  11  @  12
Chamomile,  Roman....................... 
30
Chamomile,  German..................... 
24

GUMS.

Aloes, Cape (Powd  24c)..................
Aloes, Socotrine (Powd  60c)..........
Arabic, extra  select.......................
Arabic,  powdered select...............
Arabic, 1st picked.
Arabic, 2d picked............................
Arabic, 3d picked............. »............
Arabic, sifted sorts.........................
Assafoetida, prime (Powd 37c).......
Camphor...........................................
Catechu. Is (54 s 14c, 54s 16c)..........
Guaiac, prime (Powd  45c).............
Myrrh. Turkish (Powdered 47c)...
Opium, pure (Powd $5.40)........
Shellac, Campbell's.......................
Shellac,  English............................
Shellac, native.
Tragacanth......................................  30

IRON.

Citrate and  Quinine.......................
Solution mur., for tinctures........
Sulphate, pure  crystal..................

LEAVES.

Buchu, short (Powd 25c)................   16
Sage, Italian, bulk (54s & 54s, 15c)...
Senna,  Alex, natural.....................   18
Senna, Alex, sifted and  garbled..
Senna,  powdered............................
Uva  Ursi........ ........................... i...

LIQUORS.

W., D. & Co.’s Sour Mash Whisky .2 00
Druggists’ Favorite  Rye................. 1 
Whisky, other brands...................... 1 
Gin, Old Tom...................................... 1 
Gin,  Holland...................................... 2 
Brandy................................................1 
Catawba  Wines................................. 1 
Port Wines..........................................1 

MAGNESIA.

Carbonate, Pattison’s, 2 oz...........
Carbonate, Jenning’s, 2 oz.............
Citrate, H., P. & Co.’s  solution__

OILS.

do 
do 

Almond, sweet.................................  45
Amber,  rectified................ ............
Anise.................................................
Bergamont.......................................
Cajeput............................................
Cassia................................................
Cedar, commercial  (Pure 75c).......
Citronella.......................................
Cloves................................................
Cubebs, P. &  W...............................
Hemlock, commercial (Pure 75c)..
Juniper wood..................................
Juniper berries...............................
Lavender flowers- Frencn.............
Lavender garden 
.............
Lavender spike 
.............
Lemon, new crop............................
Lemon,  Sanderson’s.......................
Origanum, red  flowers, French...
Origanum,  No. 1..............................
Pennyroyal......................................
Peppermint,  white.........................
Rosemary, French  (Flowers$5)...
Sandal  Wood, German..................
Sandal Wood, Turkish  Dark........
Sassafras...........................................
Tansy ................................................
Tar (by gal 60c).................................  10
Wintergreen....................................
Wormwood, No. 1 (Pure $7.50).......
Cod Liver, filtered.................fl gal
Cod Liver, best.................................
Cod Liver, H., P. & Co.’s, 16 oz bot.
Olive, Malaga........................ fi gall 10
Olive, “Sublime  Italian” ...............
Salad.................................................  65
Rose,  Ihmsen’s .......................fi oz

POTASSIUM.

Bicromate.................................ft
Bromide, cryst. and gran. bulk...
Chlorate, cryst (Powd 23c).............
Iodine, cryst. and  gran, bulk....... 

18
50
45
50
40
32
27 
18 
30 
25 
13 
35 
40
4 00 
4033
28

@1  10

6 40 
20

6

@  20 30 
22 
10

@2 25 
75
@2 00 
@1 50 
10
@1 75 
35
@3 50 
00
@6 50 
75
25
@2 00 
@2 50
35

23 
37 
2 25

2 10 

1 00

@  50 
48 
2 30 
90 
95 
40 
90
1 25
7 50 
40 
50
2 25 
2 40 
90 
2  00 
2  20
1 25 
50
•  1 60
2 85 
65
5 00
8  00 
70
4 00 @  12
2 35
5 00
1 75 
4 00
6 00 
@1 20
2 50 
@  67
10 50

1

ROOTS.

Althea, cut.......................................
Arrow,  St. Vincent’s .....................
Arrow, Taylor’s, in 54s and 54s__
Blood (Powd 18c).............................
Calamus,  peeled.............................
Calamus, German white, peeled..
Elecampane, powdered..................
Gentian (Powd  17c(.........................
Ginger, African (Powd 16c)...........   13  @
Ginger, Jamaica  bleached...........
Golden Seal (Powd 35c)..................
Hellebore, white, powdered..........
Ipecac, Rio, powdered.................... 
Jalap,  powdered.............................
Licorice,  select (Powd 1254)..........
Licorice, extra select.....................
Pink, true.........................................
Rhei, from select to  choice..........1 00±@1
Rhei, powdered E. 1........................1  10¿,@1
Rhei, choice cut  cubes.................. 
2
Rhei, choice cut fingers................  
2
Sarsaparilla,  Hondurus................
Sarsaparilla,  Mexican....................
Squills, white (Powd 35c)...............
Valerian, English (Powd 30c)........
Valerian, Vermont (Powd 28c)__

1

10 

£l
17 
35 
12
18 
38 
23
13
14 
20 
30 
18 
3754 
12
15 
35 
50 
20 
00 
25 
a5 
18 
10

SEEDS.

5  @
11

354@
4  @
8  @
454®

Anise, Italian (Powd 20e)...............
Bird, mixed in ft  packages...........  
Canary,  Smyrna.............................
Caraway, best Dutch (Powd  19c)
Cardamon,  Aleppoe..........  .......
Cardamon, Malabar.....................
Coriander, best English................
Flax,  clean.......................................  
Flax, pure grd (bbl  8%).................. 
Foenugreek, powdered.................. 
Hemp,  Russian...............................  
Mustard, white (Black  10c)...........
Quince..............................................
Rape, LngliBh..................................  
Worm,  Levant.................................
Florida sheeps’ wool, carriage.......2 25
do 
Nassau 
Velvet Extra do 
Extra Yellow do 
do 
Grass 

........
.......
.......
....... 

do 
do 
do 
do 

SPONGES.

7

*

13 
6 
5
12
2 20 

2 50 12

4
454 
9
5 
8
1  00 
8
14
2 50 
2 00 
85 
65

1  10 

Hard head, for slate use. 
Yellow Reef, 

do
MISCELLANEUS.

do 
do 
do 

Alcohol, grain (bbl $2.24) fi gal__
Alcohol, wood, 95 per cent ex. ref.
Bay  Rum, Imported, best.............
Bay Rum, domestic, H., P. & Co.’s.
Alum.........................................  f) ft
Alum, ground  (Powd 9c)...............
Annatto,  prime...............................
Antimony, powdered,  com’l........
Arsenic, white, powdered.............
Beans,  Tonka...............
Beans,  Vanilla..............
Bismuth, sub  nitrate..,
Blue  Pill (Powd 70c).......................
Blue Vitriol......................................
Borax, refined (Powd  lgc).............
Cantharides, Russian  powdered..
Capsicum  Pods, African...............
Capsicum Pods, African  pow’d ... 
Capsicum Pods,  American  do  ...
Carmine,  No. 40...............................
Cossia  Buds................„...................
Calomel,  American........................
Chalk, prepared drop.....................
Chloral hydrate, German  crusts.. 
Chloral 
do  cryst...
Chloral 
Scherin’s  do  ... 
Chloral 
do  . crusts..
Chloroform......................................1
Cinchonidia......................................
Cloves (Powd 28c)............................
Cochineal............................... .........
Copperas (by bbl  lc)......................
Corrosive Sublimate.......................
Corks, X and XX-35 off  list........
Cream Tartar, pure powdered.......
Cream Tartar, grocer’s, 10 ft box..
Creasote............................................
Cudbear, prime...............................
Cuttle Fish Bone..............................
Emery, Turkish, all  No.’s .............
Epsom Salts......................................
Ergot, fresh......................................
Etner, sulphuric, U. S.  P ...............
Gelatine, Cooper’s ..........................
Gelatine, French  ............................
Glassware, flint, 60 and 10  dis.......
Glassware, green, 60,10 &754 dis...
Glue,  cabinet........... ......................
Glue, white.......................................
Glycerine, pure...............................
Indigo...............................................
Insect Powder, best Dalmatian...
Iodine,  resublimed........................
Isinglass,  Am erican....................
Japonica...........................................
Lead, acetate................ ...................
Lime, chloride, (548 2s 9c & 54s 10c).
Mace.................................................
Madder, best  Dutch.......................
Manna, S.  F ......................................
Mercury............................................
Morphia, sulph., P. & W........ft oz
Musk, Canton, H., P. & Co.’s ........
Moss, Iceland............................f) ft
Moss,  Irish........... $.........................
Mustard,  English............................
Mustard, grocer’s, 10 ft  cans........
Nut galls............................................
Nutmegs, No. 1.................................
Nux  Vomica.......>...........................
Ointment, Mercurial, )4d...............
Pepper, Black  Berry....................
Pepsin................................................
Pltch#True Burgundy....................
Quassia..............................................
Quinia, Sulph, P, & W..
ft oz
Seidlitz  Mixture..........
Strychnia, cryst............
Silver Nitrate, cryst...
Red  Precipitate............
fift
Saffron, American___
Sal  Glauber....................................
Sal Nitre, large  cryst.....................
Sal  Nitre, medium cryst...............
Sal Rochelle......................................
Sal  Soda............................................
Salicin................................................
Santonin..........................................
Snuffs, Maccoboy or Scotch..........
Soda Ash [by keg 3c].....................
Spermaceti.......................................
Soda, Bi-Carbonata,  DeLand’s__
Soap, White Castile.........................
.........................
Soap, Green  do 
Soap, Mottled do 
.........................
Soap, 
do  do 
.........................
Soap,  Mazzini..................................
Spirits Nitre, 3 F ..............................
Spirits Nitre, 4 F..............................
Sulphur, flour..................................
Sulphur,  roll....................................
Tartar Emetic..................................
Tar, N. C. Pine, 54 gal. cans  fi doz
quarts in tin..........
Tar, 
Tar, 
pints in tin.............
Turpentine,  Venice................ f) ft
Wax, White, S. &  F. brand...........
Zinc,  Sulpoate.................................

do 
do 

7 00

454®  5
6  @  7
2 60 
@9 75 
2  20 45
754®  9
15 
1 25 
18 
20 18 
4 00 
14 
72 
5
1 60 
1  70 
1 90 
1 75 
0  @1 05 
5  @  90

@

65
37  @  39 
15 
50 
24 
26 
8 
3 
50
69 
90
70

254®

45

1254®

6  @

@1 00 

@  34
2 40 
.  1 50
9
15
860 
13 
75 
48
3 35 
40 
10 
12 
30 
18 
20 
55 
10 
40 
18
3 00 
7 
7
1 87 
28
1 50 
@  82
82
37
2
10
9
3354
2
Z 5054
7 25
38
4
23
5 
14 
17
9
11
14
28
32
4
3
6254 
2 70 
1 40 
85 
25 
55
■  8

454@

26  @ 
20  @ 
3*£@

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.
H. Leonard & Sons quote as follows:

SILVER PLATED WARE.

1 40

2 34 
1 50

î?4®

ONE  CRATE  WHITE  GRANITE  WARE.

Knowles,  Taylor  &  Knowles—Cable  Shape— j 

Diamond C.
6 doz Plates....................5 Inch

“ 

.6
.......... i ....... 8
Bakers..................3
. . . 6
.8
 

10

“ 30
“ 24

 

 
 

“ 

Bowls.........................No. 36

“ 
“ 
 
Cov’d Butters__5 inch
Indiv’l  “  __ 254  “
Cov’d Chambers.No. 9 
Uncov’d 
.  “  “
Cake  Plates...........   ..........
Restaurant Creams...........
Cup  Plates........ .................
Casseroles......................7 inch
............. 8  “
Dishes....................3  “
 
9  “
..................10  “
.................. 11  “

Ewers and Basins, No 9__
Fruit Saucers....... 4 inch
Barrell  Mugs__ 36  “
Scollops..............254  “

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

1-6

90
10
30
50
30
50
75
40
50

We are headquarters for Silver Plated Ware. 
New catalogue just Issued,free on application. 
W e represent the Meriden Britannia Company, 
Derby  Silver  Company,  Wilcox  Silver  Plate 
Company, and Middletown Plate Company.
We guarantee our prices to be as  low as the 
manufacturers’.  Our profit is in the rebate al­
lowed for large purchases.

LAMP CHIMNEYS.

do 
do 

do 
do 

No. 0 Crimp Top [No eh’ge for box] pr bx. .1 95 
. .2 00
No. 1  do 
No. 2  do 
..3 00
These are all  strictly  first  quality—No  sec­
onds quoted.  Six doz. iu box.
No 1 Engraved blue top  chimney pr doz.. .1 00 
No 2 
...150
No 1 Leader XX Flint glass pr doz...............  60
No 2 
...............  90
No 1 La Bastie per doz....................................1 25
No 2 
....................................... l 50

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

do 

“  
“  
“ 

Jugs, No. 36........................
“   20.......................................... .
“   12............................. ...
“  6......................
Shell Pickles..................... .
Sugars. No. 30....................
Spoon  Holders..................
54 gross Un’hd Coffees, 12 sets in 
“

“  Teas, 

“ 

..  3 
glO 
8

H’d

60 days net,..................$86 87.
Any assortment packed to order.

$144

ASSORTED  PACKAGE  MAJOLICA—NO.  33.

1 Tea  Set,  44  Pieces,  She
“
1 dozen Sauce Plates, 
“
2 Fruit Sets, 7 Pieces 
“
4 Covered Butters 
3 Hand Teas 
“
3 Hand Coffees 
“
3 Hand Moust. Coffees  “
3 Molasses Cans,  Sunflowe 
6 Bread Plates,  Strawberr 
6 Bread Plates. Oak........
.
“ 30  “ 
3 
.
“  42  “ 
3 
.
3 
“  54  “ 
“  12, Fern.
3
24  “ 
“
.
3 
.
“  36  “ 
3 
6,Cor’l.
“ 
3
“ 24  “ 
.
3
“ 42  “ 
.
3
12 Begonia Leaves........
2 dozen Individual Butters 
2 Bread and Milk Sets, She 
2Cuspadores,  Sunflower...
I Tea Pot, Sugar and Cream, Shel 
1 
Caulf

“
“
“
“
“

“ 

“ 

“ 

31
21
17
58
42
25
62
42
21

GLASS OIL CANS.

Queen” or  “ Daisy.”  No  charge  for box. 
54 gal.  per doz.................................................3 50
.4 50

do

174  i gal

93
63
51
1 74
1 26
75
1 86
1 26
63
1 80
i  oo!
1 34 
1 08 ! 
1 25 i 

1 00 I

$42 08
Less 10 Per Cent...............  4 20
Package, $1. 
$37 88 |
Packages  assorted or repacked to order.!

GLASSWARE.

HARDWARE,  IRON  AND  NAILS.

5-16

Chain-

do
do
do
do
do

cent. off.

Prevailing rates are as follows:
Anvils—Peter Wright’s,  fl  ft..................  
1154
Augurs—40  and 10 per cent. off.
30
Babbett—XXX, ¡g ft................................... 
B., D.  &  Co.,  No.  X, ¡p ft.................... 
21
12
Co., No.2, » f t .................... .. 
inch Lake Superior, f)ft... .. 
1054
do
754
.. 
do
654
do
.. 
554
do
5
do
..  4 70

Files—Nicholson’s best 40 per cent off.
Forks—Hay and Manure 50 per cent off. 
Hammers—Maydole’s 15 per cent off.
Hinges—Strap and T 60 per cent off.
Horse Shoes—Burden’s $4.35 per keg.
Horse  Nails—Au Sable  30  and 10 per 
Iron—Flat Bar $2 rates.
Sheet No. 24 $3 rates.
Swede’s bar 554c fl ft.
Padlocks 30 per cent. off.
Lead—Pig $   ft............................................  
6
Sheet $   ft.............................................. 
9
6
Pipe $   ft................................................ 
Bar  # f t .................................................  
7
Rope—Manilla f)  ft................ ..............13  @14
Sisal f) ft........................................... 10  @11
Jute fift............................................   854® »54
2

Sash Weights fl ft.'...................................... 
Shot—Buck  $2.15.
Solder..................................................... 1254@1454
Steel—Best cast tool f) ft..........................   @13
Round Machine  fl ft............................@ 8
Spring  fl ft............................................   @ 454
@26 
Tin—Pig fl f t .
@28 
Bar fl  ft................
Zinc—Sheet  fl ft........
® 654 
Slab #  ft................
@ 754

Drop $1.80.

TINWARE  AND  NOTIONS.

E. L. Wright quotes  as  follows:

PIECED  TINWARE.

do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

6  qt flaring  pails. 
do
10  do 
do
14  do 
do
16  do 
2  do covered
2  do  dippers.......................
No. 7 Boilers, each............... ..................  100
..................................  110
No. 8
..................................120
No.  9
45
................ ................  
No. 7
................ ............ 
50
No. 8
No. 9
................
4 qt coffee pots.....................
.......................
4 
2 pt Teapots...........................................
3 
................ .*........................
4 
...........................................
Man’s tin rim  sieves..........................
3 pieced dish pans.................................
4 
.................................
5 
.................................
Narrow bar tins..................................
Med. 
....................................
Square  do  —  
.......................
3 qt dinner pails  with cup................
Square dinnerpails..... ........................
Hunter’s sifters....................................
2 qt oil cans...........................................
4 
...........................................
Pint  cups..............................................

do 
do 
do 

do
do 
do 

do 

Doz.
90 
1 80 
2  00 
2 20 
78 
78

2  00 
2 25 
1  50
1  75
2  00
1 50 
1  20 
1  80
2 25 
85 
95
1  102 25 
6  00
3 00 
1 80 
2 25
30

PRESSED TINWARE

Sixty per cent discount from list.  Write for 

prices if you do not know  the list.

MISCELLANEOUS.

do 
do 

Doz. 
3 25 
Crumb pan and brush—
Iron match  safes.............
37 
45 
Fire shovels.......................
Comb  cases.......................
65
16 inch T trays..............................................  160
..............................................  3 25
18 
24 
..............................................  6 00
lft T and coffee canisters...........................  
84
21b 
...........................  1 00
Dust pans 
[large] 
[small] 
Large wisp brooms
Acme egg  beaters.........................................   90
Basting spoons, 13  inch......................................... 
37
7 pin hat racks.............................................. 
85
School  bags...................................................

do 

do 

do 

5, 10 AND 25c  COUNTER  GOODS.

PACKAGE  DECORATED  VASE LAMPS.

No.  37.

Fourteen Lamps in  barrel.  Assorted  deco­
rations, sold complete with 7 inch white shade. 
Illuminator  base  and burner,  per doz. $9 50.
Same with 7  inch  hand  painted  decorated 
shades,  per doz. $11 50.
Can pack 54 doz. eachjstyle.

No. 28.

12 lamps in Barrel,  assorted  hand painted 
porcelain  base.  Sold  complete  with 
above trimmings—white  shade,  per  doz $10
Decorated shade per doz...............................  f  12
Can pack 54 doz each style.

$3 00 
3 25 
2  10 
3 00 
3 85
3 60 
30 
50 
35
4 00

I gross

NO. 100 PATTERN.

Sets, f)  dozen.....................
Pitchers, 54 gallon...........
Celeries...............................
Bowls, 7 inch, and covers. 
Bowls, 8 
Bowls, 9 
Comports, 4  inch..............
Goblets...............................
W ines..................................
Salvers, 10 inch..................
Nappies,  4 inch................

“ 
“
“  no  “

“ 

Package at cost-

L&MP BURNERS.

No’O Any stylecper doz..................................   75
85 
N oi 
1 35
No 2

TUBULAR  LANTERNS.

No 0 as shown, per  doz..................................7 50
No 0 New wire lift'for lighting,  per doz__ 8 60
No 0 Hinge for lighting, per doz........ .........7 50

Queen Dash Lamp, per  doz.........................12 00
This is the best  selling  lamp  in the  market 
for night driving.

LANTERN GLOBES.

No 0 Tubular, per doz.....................................   85

Every style of lantern globe on hand.

PRICE, COMPLETE WITH  NEW STYLE DRIP FOUNT
Our pendants are  all  manufactured  by the 
Bradley &  Hubbard  Manufacturing  Co,  and 
will give  better satisfaction  than  any  others 
in the market.  Send  for complete catalogue 
of chandelier goods.
F  Bronze  No  366, per doz__ 24 00
Silver and blue No 366  do  — 27 00 
Ebony &  gold No 366  do  — 30 00 
Nos.  465,  or  466  or  383  French
per doz— 27 00
00
do
Verde  bronze 
....27 00 
Verde and Fr bronze  do
....30 00 
do
Silver bronze 
do
....30 00 
Silver and blue br. 
do
....33 00 
Ebony and  gold 
....33 00 
do
Extra gilt bronze 
....45 00
do
Gold or poi.  bronze
dants in one order.

Special prices for  two  dozen  or  more pen­

bronze, 

P(

CHANDELIERS.

No 500 2 light for  stores,  complete  with  7

inch shades, each.........................................1  75
Over 100 styles of chandeliers  constantly on 
hand.  We  hav.  all  the  new  and beautiful 
Brass pendants and  Chandeliers.

Special quotations made for churches.

60 Gal. galvanized  iron.................................10 (0

HAZELTINE, PERKINS & CO.,
Wholesale  Druggists,

1

AND  DEALERS  IN  LUBRICATING  AND  CARBON  OILS.

H. 

11. McKenzie has engaged  in  trade  at 

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

a   m e r c a n t il i:  jo u r n a l , p u b l is h e d  e a c h  

WEDNESDAY.

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor and  Proprietor.

OFFICE IN  EAGLE  BUILDING, 3d  FLOOR.

WEDNESDAY, OCT.  1 0 ,1 8 8 3 .

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

IN  THE  CITY.

Mr. Henry  Spring will  return  from  New 

York next Monday.

The  Bedette  Company  recently  received 

an order for its patent cot beds from Peru.

Mr.  Benjamin  Hollister,  with  Peirce  & 
White, is  visiting  the  northern  trade  this 
week.

Dr. J. A. Wheeler, of Whitehall, formerly 
of Grand Rapids, has sold his drug  stock  to 
Staples &  Coville.

Mr.  O.  R.  Wilmarth  contemplates  re­
engaging in the lumber business,  with  head­
quarters at Big Rapids.

Mr. H. M. Blivin is spending  a  fortnight 
with former friends and  looking  over  real 
estate investments at Minneapolis.

Yolney,  opening  a  general  store.  Voigt, 
Herpolsheimer  &  Co.  furnished  the  dry 
goods stock.

Mr. James  E.  Granger, for several  years 
past shipping clerk  for  Cody,  Ball  &  Co., 
leaves Monday for a trip through the  South, 
in search of recreation and pleasure.

Mr. M. R. Bissell has gone to Washington 
on business with the Patent Office.  He will 
visit the trade in New York and  Boston  be­
fore returning, which will  be  in  about  ten 
days,

J. B, Harrison, of Sparta  Center,  was  in 
town  yesterday,  on  his  way  to  Hudson, 
where his wife will enter the  noted  “Zaube 
Wasser” sanitarium, in  hopes  of  benefiting 
her health.

Mr.  W. H.  Jones,  of  the  Phoenix  Furni­
ture Company, returned Saturday night from 
an extended western trip,  and  leaves  next 
Monday for a flying  visit  to  St.  Paul,  St, 
Douis and intermediate points.

The  local  papers  announce  the  engage­
ment of  Mr.  Will  Butts,  book-keeper  for 
Freeman, Hawkins &  Co.,  and  Miss  Kate, 
daughter of Supreme Court Judge Champlin. 
The  ceremony  is  to  occur  at  S t  Mark’s 
church, October 24.

The Grand Rapids Felt Boot  Company  is 
running day and night to keep pace with the 
orders received from jobbers.  For the past 
two years the latter have  waited  until  cold 
weather before placing their orders,  in some 
cases sending them by telegraph and  insist­
ing upon immediate shipment.  As a  conse­
quence, not to  exceed  three-fourths  of  the 
orders were filled, but this year  they  began 
coming in during May, and  the  probability 
is that this season everyone can be  supplied 
without delay.

AROUND THE  STATE.

Whittemore,  Iosco  county,  yearns  for  a 

saw  mill.

Cadillac has three hardware stores and the 

fourth is now talked of.

The celery  crop  of  Kalamazoo  will  bring 

over $300,000 this year.

Sebawa, Ionia county, is said to be a good 

location for a general store.

About 3,000 bushels  of  wheat  are  being 

marketed daily at Portland.

O. L. Heath has engaged in the meat mar­

ket business at Sparta Center.

The first factory in White Pigeon  was the 

fanning mill shop erected in 1831.

A St. Johns dealer has bought since March 
1, 40,000 dozen eggs, paying $6,000 therefor.
Knight  &  Parks,  of  Big  Rapids,  have 
started up their shingle mill at  Hungerford. 
□The Mancelona butter dish  factory  build­
ings are 300 feet long.  They will make 800 
dishes per minute when in full  operation.

The  Lapeer  Democrat  says:  “ There  is 
some all-wool-and-a-yard-wide talk of  build­
ing a woolen mUl at Columbiaville now.”

The Michigan Overall  Company manufac­
tured  overalls  by  steam  on  the  Ionia  fair 
grounds during the progress of the  fair  last 
week.

A Detroit paper is responsible for the  fol­
lowing: Experienced apple buyers pronounce 
Tekonsha the best apple market in southern 
Michigan.  This  refers  to  variety,  quality 
and quantity of the fruit

The  James  Stewart  Flour  Company,  of 
East  Saginaw,  advertised  a  new  brand  of 
flour by offering ten prizes to the merchants 
selling  the  greatest  amount  by  October  1. 
They thus disposed of 3,175 barrels.

Ground has just been broken for gas works 
at Big Rapids.  The building will be located 
near the  ironworks  in  Upper  Big  Rapids. 
The contractors intend to  have  the  gas  in 
the chief business houses within ninety days.
A  Portland  dealer  gives  prizes  to  those 
who bring the most eggs  to his market.  At 
his last drawing,  a  $15  chair  was  awarded 
to  Wm.  Budd,  he  having  brought  in  272 
dozen and eleven  eggs.  Mrs.  Albert  Barn­
ard was a good second with 236  dozen.

The Detroit News volunteers  the  follow­
ing:  “ As a market for butter and eggs Port­
land is not approached by any  inland  town 
in the state.  Prices for the  last  two  years 
have ranged up alongside of  Detroit  prices, 
and are sometimes better, it is claimed.”
salesman 

for 
Thompson & Hayden,  of  Chicago,  commit­
ted suicide at Bay City Monday,  by  cutting 
his throat.  He  had  been  on  a  protracted 
spree, and was not in his right mind  at  the 
time.  He  leaves  a  wife  and  children  at 
Minneapolis.

Edwin  Butt, 

traveling 

A new bank, to be  called  the  Grand  Har 
ven  National  Bank,  is  being  organized  at 
Grand Haven, the capital  stock  of  $50,000 
having been subscribed and all  the  prelimi­
nary  work  accomplished.  H.  P.  Taylor a 
wealthy Chicagoan, is at the head of  the in­
stitution,  but  the  stockholders  are  mostly 
citizens of Grand  Haven, so that  the direct­
ory will be local.  A local paper  states  that 
there is plenty of business for another  bank 
there, as the new concern will probably catch 
much of the  business  now  done  In  Grand 
Rapids.

TRADE  CHANGES.

Bradstreet’s Mercantile Agency  furnishes 
The Tradesman  with  the  following  busi­
ness changes, embarrassments, etc., occurring 
up to the hour of going to press:

Alma.—S.  C.  Blinn,  stave  manufacturer, 
burned out  Loss,  $15,000;  insurance,  $8,- 
000.
Benton  Harbor.—W.  G.  Emery,  grocer, 
has sold out to A. H. Conkey & Son.
Lowell.—Aldrich & Foreman, marketmen, 
have sold out to Carr & Davis.
Muskegon.—Dr. D.  C.  Low,  druggist,  is 
succeeded by Wm. T. Rogers.
Galesburg.—Boise  &  Rogers,  millers,  are 
succeeded by Boise & Carson.
North Adams.—Tucker  &  Flinn  are  suc­
ceeded by T. W. Tucker.
St.  Ignace.—Mrs.  Carrie  Huif,  groceries, 
has sold out to Ogle & Monteith.
Williamsburg.—Potter  &  Crisp,  grocers, 
have assigned.
Muskegon.—H.  G.  Heinbach,  flour  and 
feed, has sold out to Van Zant Bros.
Port Huron.—Henry F. Marx & Co., meat 
market dissolved, and succeeded  by  Henry
F.  Marx.
Peru, Ind.—E. A. Strauss, drugs, has  sold 
out to Samuel  F. Porter.
Butler,  lnd.—Wm.  Vancousant  &  Co. 
grocers, have sold out  to John  W.  Higgins.

VISITING  BUYERS.

Grand Haven.

The following retail  dealers  have  visited 
the market during the past week and placed 
orders with the various houses:
E. L. Whitney, Middlevilie.
J. Colby, Rockford.
L. S. Pressburg. Big Rapids.
Jennings «SSt Delmarter, Edmore.
John Chappie, Wayland.
J. C. Bembow, Cannonsburg.
U. S. Monroe, Berlin.
Miss K. L. Kinney, Ensley.
C.  0. Bostwick, Cannonsburg.
B. M. Dennison, East Paris.
W. S. Root, Sand Creek.
-A. M. Church, Englishville.
Waite Bros., Hudsonville.
John Ely, Rockford.
Jacob Barts, North Dorr.
Geo. W. Bevins,  Tustin.
John Stephenfleld, Hastings.
James Riley, Dorr.
G.  A. Estes, Tustin.
G. Miller, Muskegon.
J. R. Oden, Fremont.
W. H. Goodyear, Hastings.
C. Crawford, Caledonia.
C. E. Blakeley,  Coopersville.
Mr. Dual, of Dual & Adams, Bradley.
Mr.  Dickinson,  of  Hutty  &  Dickinson, 
R. B. McCulloch, Berlin.
A. & L. M. Wolf,  Hudsonville.
B. F. Hart, Vestaburg.
0. M. Yates, Nashville.
R. McKinnon,  Wayland.
Hill & Shearer, Cedar Rapids.
John Dildine, Edgerton.
Robinson <fc Adkins,  Rothbury.
Calvin & Durkee, Lake View.
Spring & Lindley, Bailey.
R. H. Woodin, Sparta Center.
Mathews & Stephenson,  Chase.
W. S. Bartron & Co., Bridgeton.
Wood Bros., Shaytown.
1. J. Quick & Co.,  Allendale.
McCowan & Warren, Hesperia.
J.  S. Marr, Sherman.
D. R. Gibbs, Coopersville.  -f v 
Thomas Sourby, Rockford.
F. G. Thurston, Lisbon.
T. J. Sheridan,  Lockwood.
G. A. Rumsey, Paris.
E. P. Barnard, Maple Valley.
John Henges, Dorr.
A. A. Rosenburg,  Reed City.
T. W. Provin, Cedar Springs.
W. H. Struik, Forest Grove.
Geo. Lentz, Croton.
Adam Newell, New Salem.
Wm. Thompson, Nunica.
McLeod & Trautman Bros., Moline.
J. Jacobson, Lowell.
J. Moerdyk, Zeeland.
E. S. Botsford, Dorr.
P. M. Lonsbury, Reed City.
H. F. M. Treglown,  Caledonia.
N. De Vries, Jamestown.
J. R. Harrison, Sparta Center.
H. H. McKenzie, Volney.
John Graham, Wayland.
H. J. Leonaad, Belding.
F. O. Lord, Howard City.
J. E. Rice,  Coopersville.
Preston & Cook, Hastings.
Mr. Graves, of Graves & Son,  Shelby.
C. Crawford, Caledonia.
Mr. Chase, of Chase <fc Son, Ada.
C. E. & S. J. Koon, Lisbon.
Geo. Sage, Rockford.

Patents  Issued to  Michigan  Inventors.
The following  patents  have  lately  been 

issued to Michigan  inventors:
lotte, fruit-dryer,
tivator.

Frank S. Belcher and J. B. Belcher, Char­
Lebens C. Chapin,  Kalamazoo, wheel-cul­
Henry E. Fairman, Plymouth, post-driver.
Harry A. Clapp  and  C.  F.  Baker, White 
Himan  Frank,’Detroit,  manufacture  of 
Frederick Gesking, Grand Rapids, folding 
Jacob Ilimelberger, Holt, flooring-jack,
Riley J. Hosner,  assignor  of  one-half  to 
Wm. Marvin, assignor  of  one-half  to G. 
Luke A. Smith, Ludington, door-hanger.

E. Mack, Romeo, stump-puller.
Richardson, Petoskey, bake-oven.

Pigeon,  ice-elevator.
glass.
table.

“ Fills a Long  Felt Want. ”

We are in receipt of Vol. 1, No. 2, of The 
Michigan Tradesman, published at Grand 
Rapids, Mich.  Grand Rapids is one  of  the 
most enterprising cities in Michigan, and has 
needed a good  trade  journal  in  which  its 
growing trade should have a  faithful  repre­
sentation, and from the appearance  of  The 
Tradesman, we should judge  that  it  will 
fill  the  long  needed  want.—Northwestern 
Grocer.

A circuit court  in  Arkansas  has decided 
that brandied peaches  cannot  be  sold with­
out a license.

TRADE  TALK.

Satsfactory  Business 

in  Most  Branches  -  

Features  of  the  Week.

GROCERIES.

Trade is brisk  in  all  departments,  partic­
ularly in staples.  Tobacco is the only thing 
that has an upward  tendency.  New Valen­
cia raisins have put in an apperance and are 
unusually fine and very reasonable  in  price. 
Cheese is no lower, but on the contrary prom­
ises to advance slightly in  the  near  future. 
Dealers would do well to buy  only  for  im­
mediate use, as  the  October  goods  are  far 
preferable for winter stock.  Concerning the 
advance in tobacco,  and  the  cause  for  the 
same, a prominent manufacturing  house  is­
sues the following circular to the trade:

Drouth, rain, storms and frost have  effect­
ually  done their  work,  destroying  and  in­
juring the growing crop of  tobacco,  largely 
reducing the  future  supply,  while  the  de­
mand for consumption is constantly increas­
ing; forcing a large advance in  prices  of  all 
kinds of  raw  material,  consequently  com­
pelling us to advance our prices on the man­
ufactured article, although we reluctantly do 
so, and shall make an advance  at  this  time 
so small that  we  hope  our  customers  will 
appreciate our forbearance.  Therefore  we 
respectfully notify  you  that  on  and  after 
October  1st,  1883,  we  shall  advance  our 
prices for all fine-cut chewing  and  plug  to- 
baccoes 2 cents per pound above our present 
prices, and on all grades  of  smoking  tobac- 
coes which we have been selling for 20 cents 
and upward, 2 cents per  pound,  and  on  all 
grades under 20 cents, 1 cent per pound.

DRY GOODS.

There is no change  in  the  price  current 
this week.  Brown cottons are on an upward 
tendency, owing to the almost unprecedented 
demand.  New York jobbers report a larger 
trade in this staple that at any time since the 
fall of 1876.  Local dealers  happen  to  have 
large stocks on hand, consequently  will  not 
advance the price until compelled to  do  so, 
and may not at all.  Trade  is  reported  as 
excellent in all  departments.

DlttJGS, PAINT8 And oils.

The drug business  is  less  active  than  it 
was a fortnight ago.  In spite of  the  asser­
tions that cinchonidia would be  very  scarce 
and very high in price,  manufacturers  have 
concluded to  reduce the price ten  cents  per 
ounce. 
It must be recollected that this arti­
cle was taxed 25 per cent ad valorem, which 
tax importers paid under protest,  until  very 
recently the Secretary of the Interior decided 
in favor of the spirit of the  new  tariff  law, 
which puts it on the free list.  This decision 
has undoubtedly something to  do  with  the 
decline.  Balsam  tolu  Is cornered in  New 
York,  and  prices  are  moving  up  rapidly. 
All the rest of the list  is  about  as  last  re­
ported.  Paints and oils are moving off slow­
ly, but prices are holding up.
p r o v is io n s.

Provisions of all  kinds are  in  active  de­
mand all over the country,  and local  dealers 
have never been so flooded with orders as  at 
present.  Clears are % cent higher than last 
week, but lard is down % cent and hams  % 
cent.  Pork  in  barrels  is  slightly  higher. 
Whether prices will rule higher  yet is  diffi­
cult to foretell, and no  general  opinion  rel­
ative to the future can be safely  formed  be­
fore the first of next month.

f r u it s a n d  n u t s.

The  Mediterranean  crop  of  oranges  and 
lemons promises well and will soon begin to 
reach  this  market.  Florida  oranges  will 
begin to reach us in November.  The Louis- 
ana crop will reach us about  the  same  time, 
Jamaica oranges are now arriving, packed in 
barrels, and are of good quality.

The last year’s peanut crop  is  almost  en­
tirely  exhausted.  The  few  remaining  are 
bringing good round  prices.  The  new  crop 
is  said  to be very  light,  on  account  of  dry 
weather.  New nuts  will  be  in  the  market 
in about thirty or forty  days.

The  new  crop  of  figs  will  soon  begin  to 
arrive and be good in quality and somewhat 
lower in price.

Almonds, brazils,  filberts  and  cocoa  nuts 

are all higher and advancing.

Grocery  Failure—Full  List  of  Creditors.
The firm of J. H. Zoet  &  Company,  com­
posed of J. H. Zoet  and  his  son  John, who 
have  been  engaged  in  the  retail  grocery 
business  on  the  comer  of  Broadway  and 
First streets for about a year  past,  made an 
assignment last week to  L. E. Kendall,  and 
last  evening  the  latter  gentleman  filed  an 
itemized list of creditors and the assets with 
thecounty  clerk.  The list is as follows: 
Freeman, Hawkins & Co..................... $1,042 38
L. H. Randall & Co...............................   146 82
Hatch, Blanchard & Co........................  120 00
Curtiss, Dunton & Co........................... 
21 30
Cody, Ball & Ck)...................................  
16 20
Shields, Bulkley &  Co.........................  
22 28
5 05
Jennings &  Smith.................. 
 
 
Eaton &  Christensen........................... 
19 51
6 00
C. G. A. Voigt & Co......................... 
M. C. Russell.............. .......................  
28 85
7 14
Jacob A.  Smith.................................... 
cjeo. A. Estes & Co............................... 
8 50
Putnam &  Brooks............................... 
8 75
Win. Sears & Co...................................  
15 62
John  Fosler......................................... 
12 86
20 33
Excelsior Starch Mfg Co., Elkhart Ind 
Notier & Sokker, Graafschap, Allegan
27 99
County, Mich..................................... 
Total.................. 
$1,555 53
Stock as per inventory.....................   $786 22
Bills  Reeivable..................................  539 03
Total.................................................$,1325 25

 

Thoroughly  Reliable in  Every  Respect.
Mr.  F. W. Wurzburg invites the attention 
of visiting  buyers  to  his  commodious  dry 
goods  establishment on the  corner of Canal 
and Bronson streets.  The stock  is as  large 
and complete as is carried by any wholesale 
house,  while  prices  are  guaranteed  to  be 
lower  than  at  any  other  place  in  the  city. 
In the cloak,  shawl, carpet, underwear  and 
hosiery department the assortment is second 
to none  anywhere.  Particular  attention  is 
called to the extra values  of  silks shown in 
great  variety.  Those  who  recognize  the 
superiority of good goods invariably patron 
ize Mr. Wurzburg, and new accessions to his 
already  large  list| of  customers  are  being 
made eveiy day.

MRS. LANGTRY’S HUSBAND.

This is Mr. Langtry.
See how beautiful and how fragile!
He is the happiest man in the world.
Why is he so  felicitous ?
Because he is the husband  of  Mrs.  Lang­
try, and Mrs. Langtry is the  boss masher  of 
the century.

Does he appear to be mashed on Mrs.  L.?
Well, perhaps not so much as Freddie.
Was he glad to see  her?
Very glad.
Why?
Because she lias  brought  back  coin,  and 
sealskin sacques, and  United  States  bonds 
and railroad stocks, and other securities.

Then Mrs. Langtry must  be  a  good  pro­

vider. 

Is she kind to her poor husband ?

Very  kind.  She  provides  for  all  his 
wants, and supports him in  a  state  of  ele­
gant leisure by her labor at  her  profession. 
He has nothing to wish for.

Would you like  to  be  Mr.  Langtry  and 
have a professional beauty to  administer  to 
your wants, and to care for you  and protect 
you?  And would you love, honor and obey 
her truly?

It would dep en d  upon  w h e th e r  or  not  I 
could get any other Situation,  and how   h u n ­
gry I was.

MERCANTILE  MURMURS.

Representative  House  In  the 

Jobbing

Trade.

Many  reasons  exist  why  Grand  Rapids 
is one of the leading  cities  of  the west, for 
the  jobbing  of  dry  goods, as  well  as the 
seat of  extensive  manufacturing  interests. 
Not because she  is  situated  nearer the cot­
ton and  woolen  factories  of  the  east  than 
other cities; but  because  she  must,  in  the 
very nature  of  things,  become  the  control­
ling point for the  distribution  of staple and 
fancy  dry  goods  for  western,  central  and 
northern  Michigan. 
In  the  main  Grand 
Rapids  has  equal  advantages  with  other 
cities in the country  in  securing  dry goods 
from first hands;  and  as  her  merchants are 
content with smaller profits, and are able to 
carry on their  business  with  less  expense 
than the jobbers  at  the  larger  markets,  on 
account of  lower  rents,  etc.,  prices are al­
ways as low, and  frequently  lower  than in 
Chicago  and  Detroit,  while  the  saving  in 
time and transportation rates is considerable. 
Retail dealers are rapidly  coming  to  realize 
these points of superiority and are taking ad­
vantage of them.
No house lias done more to  stimulate  the 
jobbing trade of Grand  Rapids  than  that of 
Voigt, Herpelsheimer <fc Co.  Founded  less 
than a score of years ago, the  firm has made 
wonderful  forward  strides,  and  is at  the 
present time  in  possession  of  one  of  the 
finest class of customers in  the entire  west. 
Backed by ample  capital,  and  an  immense 
retail  stock, 
the  wholesale  department, 
which now occupies a building by itself,is able 
to meet every demand.  The building is one of 
the  handsomest  and  largest  of the  kind in 
the city, and the firm occupy the entire struc­
ture from basement to  garret,  four floors in 
all. 
It is packed full of goods  in  every de­
partment of  the  dry  goods  trade,  and yet 
such excellent  system  prevails  that  orders 
are filled as  soon  as  received. 
So  far  as 
low  prices,  large  assortment,  and  variety 
and  quality  of  stock  are  concerned,  no 
market can show a  finer  or  more  complete 
establishment of its kind than this.  Country 
buyers  are  cordially  invited  to visit  their 
place of business when  in  the city and look 
over  the  stock  and  compare  prices  with 
those  holding  at  the  various  competing 
markets.

Notice.— Winter of  1883-84.

not safely be shipped in cold weather: 

The following articles will freeze, and can­
Constitution Water.
Constitutional Catarrh Remedy.
Dialyzed Iron.
Graffenberg Catholicon.
Gouraud’s Oriental Cream.
Hagan’s Magnolia Balm.
Helmpold’s Rose Wash.
Ink of all kinds.
Injection,Brou.
Injection, Mathey Caylus.
Laird’s Bloom of Youth.
Liquid blueing.
Liquid dye colors.
Mother Noble’s Syrup.
Mineral spring waters.
Orange flower water.
Perry’s Lotion.
Rose water.
Solution citrate magnesia.

”  Comedone.

”  carbolic acid.
”  phosphoric acid.
Swift’s Specific.
Thompson’s Eye  Water.
Vinegar Bitters.
Winchester’s Syrup Hypophosphites. 
Wilhoft’s Tonic.
Whittlesey’s Dyspepsia Cure.
All goods liable to  injury  from  frost,  are 

wholly at risk of purchaser.

H a z e l t in e ,  P e r k in s «fc Co.

October, 10,1883. 

Wholesale Druggists. 
Grand Rapids.

Four Minutes  Cost  $25,000,

On the day of  one of  the great failures in 
Boston  recently  a  check  of  the  insolvent 
firm for $25,000 was  deposited  in a  Boston 
bank and sent  to  the  Clearing-House. 
It 
was then transferred  to  the account of an­
other bank and  was  taken to that bank for 
redemption.  The  rules  of  the  Clearing- 
House association provide that checks when 
proven to be  worthless  shall be returned to 
the bank from which they were received be­
fore 1 o’clock on the  day  they are received. 
By courtesy the  bank  allows  five  minutes 
more.  The  bank which received the check 
in question, finding that it was not good, re­
turned it to the other bank, where it was re­
ceived just four  minutes  too  late,  and the 
holder of  the  paper  loses  $25,000.—New 
York  World.

M a n u fa c tu re r s ’  A g en ts,

----- INPORTERS  AND  JOBBERS  OF-----

DRUGGISTS’  SUNDRIES  <ft BRUSHES,

Nos. 42  and 44 Ottawa Street.,  89,  9 1 ,9 3   and 95  Louis St., 

O R A N D   R A P ID S ,  .   MXCIJIOA 3XT, 

Agents for STEWART BRUSH CO. and GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH CO.

F im T A M  «ft  BROOKS,

WHOLESALE

Gandy, Fruit and Nuts

68  and.  OS  C a n a l  S tree t,

Grand  Rapids,

Michigan.

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act

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OlYOM  ST

Grand Rapids, M ich.

CA IjK IN S   BB.OTXXMRS,

97 OTTAWA STREET,

Agents for GUN  AND  B U ST IN G   POWDER,  and Dealers in

SHOT,  CAPS,  WADS,  CARTRIDGES,  PISHING  TACKLE,  GUNS,  REVOLVERS  and  GUN  GOODS.

DEALERS  SUPPLIED.

E.  L. WRIGHT,

14  and  16  NORTH  DIVISION  STREET.

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T H E   “B E E   H I V E ”

----- WHOLESALE-----

Notions, Tinware, Crockery & Glassware

5  and  10  CENT  COUNTER  GOODS.

See  Quotations on  Tinware,  Glassware,  Etc.  apfl

MICHIGAN  COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS’  ASSOCIAI
Incorporated Dec. 10,1877— Charter  in  Force for j 

Thirty  Years.

LIST OF OFFICERS:

President—J ames  T.  P h illips,  44  Jefferson 
Avenue,Detroit.
Vice-Presidents—H. H. Hodson, Detroit; J ohn 
H. McIntyre, Grand  Rapids; Thos. J.  Hay­
wood,  Ypsilanti;  Wm.  E.  Saunders,  East 
Saginaw;  T. J. P axton, Monroe.
Secretary and Treasurer—George W. Hill, 80 
Woodbridge Street, West, Detroit.
Board of Trustees, For One Year—R. W. Haw­
ley, Chairman, J. F. Cooper E. H. McCurdy, 
Detroit;  For Two  Years—Sam. B.  Sinclair, 
Geo. L. Sampson, Wm. Saxby, Detroit.

m e e t in g s:

Regular  Meeting  for  1883—November  3,  De­
Annual Meeting—December 28,1883.

cember 1.

Hundreds of tons of apples are being dried 
in  Utah  this  season  in  place  of  peaches, 
which were almost totally  destroyed  by  the 
severe weather of last winter.

R.  J.  KIRKLAND,  M.  D.,

SPECIALIST IN  DISEASES  OF THE

Ear, Eye  and  Tliroat  $

W IT H  DRS. JO H N SO N   & B O IS E,

72  Ottawa  Street,  Corner  of  Monroe  Street,.

Office Hours:  9 a. m. to 12 m.; 2 to 5 p. m.

STEAM  LAUNDRT

43 and 45 Kent Street.

A.  K.  ALLEN,  Proprietor.

WE  DO ONLY FIRST-CLASS  WORK AND  USE  NO

Orders by Mail and Express  promptly  atr 

tended to.

